MXPA00002718A - Hair care compositions comprising optical brighteners which provide uv protection - Google Patents

Abstract

Disclosed are hair care compositions comprising:(a) an effective amount of an optical brightener having a molar extinct coefficient of at least about 28,000 of an absorption peak between a wavelength of about 1nm to about 420nm;and (b) a hair care active selected from the group consisting of a detersive surfactant, a conditioning agent, a fixative polymer, and mixtures thereof. Further disclosed are hair care compositions comprising:(a) an effective amount of an optical brightener having a molar extinct coefficient of at least about 28,000 of an absorption peak between a wavelength of about 1nm to about 420nm;(b) a scattering particle having an average particle size of at least about 0.03 mm;and (c) a carrier. Still further disclosed are methods of protecting the hair from UV light by applying an optical brightener to the hair.

Description

COMPOSITIONS FOR HAIR CARE THAT INCLUDE OPTICAL POLISHERS THAT PROVIDE UV PROTECTION TECHNICAL FIELD The present invention relates to a hair care composition comprising optical brighteners that provide UV protection. The present invention also relates to a hair care composition comprising optical brighteners and dispersion particles.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION It is known that ultraviolet light radiation (UV) is a factor that damages the hair. The incorporation of sunscreen agents into hair care compositions has been suggested in the art. In general, sunscreens for hair application require substantivity to hair and compatibility in hair care formulations that are often water-based. However, sunscreen agents do not fully meet these requirements. In this way, the level of sunscreen agents could be included in the hair care compositions and / or the level of sunscreen agents that could be deposited on the hair are limited. Accordingly, hair care compositions that include sunscreen agents could provide only moderate UV protection. The damage to the hair by UV light is perceived by the consumer as unfavorable appearances and less docility of the hair. These unfavorable appearances include alteration and darkening of the original color, less gloss and less luster. A common way to alleviate the unfavorable appearances of damaged hair is to dye the hair to the desired color. Dyeing the hair could provide the consumer with a stable hair color for a relatively long period of time. However, the dyeing of the hair in general is time consuming, annoying and also mistreats the hair. In this way, the products for dyeing the hair are not suitable for daily use. The dyes can also be chemically hard to the hair, the scalp and the skin. In this way, the hair can be further damaged by dyeing.

The use of optical brighteners, or compounds otherwise described by names such as fluorescent whitening agents, fluorescent brighteners or fluorescent dyes in the field of hair care has been known in the art, such as for example in the United States Patent. United 3,658,985, United States Patent 4,312,855, Canadian Patent 1,255,503, United States Patent 3,577,528, British Patent Specification 1,328,108, South African Application 676,049, European Publication 87,060, and Patent Specification of US Pat. Great Britain 2,307,639. Optical brighteners are a class of material that absorbs ultraviolet light and re-emits energy in the form of visible light, when ultraviolet absorption is relatively strong over a broad spectrum. Based on the foregoing, there is a need for a hair composition that can effectively protect the hair from UV light and that can be used daily, while improving the unfavorable appearance of the hair. None of the existing techniques provide all the advantages and benefits of the present invention.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION The present invention is directed to a hair care composition comprising: (a) an effective amount of an optical brightener having a molar extinction coefficient of at least about 28,000; Y (b) an active hair care agent selected from the group consisting of a detersive surfactant, a conditioning agent, a fixative polymer and mixtures thereof. The present invention is further directed to a hair care composition comprising: (a) an effective amount of an optical brightener having a molar extinction coefficient of at least about 28,000; and (b) a dispersion particle having an average particle size of at least about 0.03μm; and (c) a carrier. The present invention is further directed to a method for protecting hair from UV light by applying an optical brightener to the hair. These and other features, aspects and advantages of the present invention will become apparent to those skilled in the art from reading the present disclosure.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION While the specification concludes with the claims that are addressed in particular and clearly claim the invention, it is believed that the present invention will be better understood from the following description. All percentages are by weight of the total composition unless otherwise indicated. The proportions are proportions by weight unless otherwise indicated. All percentages, proportions and levels of ingredients related thereto are based on the current amount of the ingredient and do not include solvents, fillers or other materials with which the ingredient can be combined as commercially available products, unless otherwise indicated way. As used herein, "comprising" means that other steps and other ingredients may be added that do not affect the final result. This term encompasses the terms "consisting of" and "consisting essentially of".

All references cited are incorporated herein by reference in their totalities. The citation of any reference is not an admission with respect to any determination for its availability as a prior art for the claimed invention.

OPTICAL POLISHERS Optical brighteners are compounds that absorb ultraviolet light and re-emit energy in the form of visible light. Specifically, the useful optical brighteners of the present have an absorption, preferably a main absorption peak, between a wavelength of about Inm and about 420nm and an emission, preferably, a main emission peak, between a wavelength about 360 nm and about 830 nm; wherein the main absorption peak has a wavelength shorter than the main emission peak. More preferably, the optical brighteners useful herein have a peak absorption peak between a wavelength of about 200 nm and about 420 nm, and a main emission peak between a wavelength of about 400 nm and about 780 nm. The optical brighteners may or may not have a secondary absorption peak in the visible range between a wavelength of about 360 nm and about 830 nm. The optical brighteners can be described by other names in the art and in other industries, such as, for example, fluorescent whitening agents, fluorescent brighteners and fluorescent dyes. The selected optical brighteners, useful herein, have a molar extinction coefficient of at least about 28,000, preferably, at least about 50,000 of an absorption peak between a wavelength of between about Inm and about 42nm. Optical brighteners that have this molar extinction coefficient provide UV protection for hair, even when they are included at relatively low levels. In addition, the optical brighteners useful herein have a strong absorption in a wide range of UV spectra, thus providing effective UV protection in both the far UV and near UV regions. The molar extinction coefficient of the optical brighteners useful herein can be measured by any spectrometer known in the art. For example, the molar extinction coefficient is measured by two visible UV spectrometers, Shimadzu UV-160 and UV_2200, respectively, with a wavelength of 200 nm to 600 nm using a quartz battery with an optical path length of lcm containing a solution of the optical brightener at a suitable concentration. The molar extinction coefficients are derived from the peak positions. Optical brighteners are generally based on the structures of aromatic and heteroaromatic systems that provide these unique characteristics. The optical brighteners useful in the present invention can be classified according to their basic structures as described hereinafter. Preferred optical brighteners of the present include polystyrylsilbenes, triacilestilbenos, hidroxicumarinaas, aminocoumarinas, triazoles, pirazolinas, oxazoles, pyrenes, porfirinas and imidazoles. Preferably, the optical brighteners of the present are included in the hair care composition of the present invention at a weight level from about 0.001% to about 20%, most preferably, from about 0.01% to about 10%.

Polystyrylsilbenes Polystyrylsilbenes are a class of compounds that have two or more of the following basic structure: Polystyrylsilbenes useful in the present invention include those having the formulas (1), (2) and (3): wherein R101 is H, OH, S03M, COOM, 0S03M, OPO (OH) OM, wherein M is H, Na, K, Ca, Mg, ammonium, mono-, di-, tri- or tetra-C? - C30-alkylammonium, mono-, di- or tri-Ci-C30-hydroxyalkylammonium or ammonium which is di- or trisubstituted with a mixture of C-C30-alkyl and C? -C30-hydroxyalkyl groups; or S02N (C? -C30-alkyl) 2 0 - (- C? -C30-alkyl), CN, Cl, COO (C? -C30-alkyl), CON (C? ~ C30-alkyl) 2 or O (CH2) 3N + (CH3) 2X "wherein X" is an anion of a chloride, bromide, iodide, formate, acetate, propionate, glycolate, lactate, acrylate, ethanophosphonate, phosphite, dimethyl or diethyl phosphite anion; CN, or carbonaceous alkyl, R102 and R103, independently, are H, S03M wherein M is as previously defined; and x is 0 or 1; wherein the compound has a trans-coplanar orientation or cis-coplanar orientation; preferably, x is 1 R 1 0 1 e s S 03 Na and R 10 2 and R 1 03 s on H; where the compue s has a trans-coplanar orientation; wherein R104 and R105, independently, are CN, COO (C? -C30-alkyl), CONHC? C4-alkyl, or C0N (C? -C4-alkyl) 2, wherein the compound has a trans-coplanar orientation or cis-coplanar orientation; preferably, R104 and R105 is 2-cyano, wherein the compound has a trans-coplanar orientation; Y wherein each R106, independently, is H, or alkyl of 1 to 30 carbons; and wherein the compound has a trans-coplanar orientation or cis-coplanar orientation, preferably, a trans-coplanar orientation. Suitable polystyrylsylbenzenes include disodium-1,4'-bis (2-sulphonyl triethyl) bisphenyl (IC Brightener Fluorescent 351) under the tradename Tinopal CBS-X available from Ciba Specialty Chemicals, 1, -bi s (2 -cianoes tiril) benzene (CI Rinoresnta Fluorescente 199), with the trade name Ultrafor RN available from BASF.

Triazinestilbenes Triazinestilbenes are a class of compounds that have both triazine and stilbene structures in the same molecule. Triazinestilbenes useful in the present invention include those having the formulas (4): wherein R, 110U7 / and R, independently, are phenylamino, phenylamino mono- or disulfonated, morpholino, N (CH2CH20H) 2, N (CH3) (CH2CH20H), NH2, N (d-C4-alkyl) 2, 0CH3, Cl, NH- (CH2) 1-4SO3H or NH- (CH2) 1-4OH; An "is an anion of a carboxylate, sulfate, sulfonate, or phosphate, and M is as defined above, wherein the compound has a trans-coplanar or cis-coplanar orientation, preferably, R 107 is 5-di sul each p10 is morpholino, or each R107 is 2.5-disulfophenylamino and each R108 is N (C2H5) 2, or each R107 is 3-sulphophenyl and each R108 is NH (CH2CH2OH) or N (CH2CH20H) 2 or each R107 is 4-sulfophenyl and each R108 is N (CH2CH20H) 2, and in each case, the sulfo group is S03M in which M is sodium, wherein the compound has a trans-coplanar orientation.Triaszinostilbenes include acid 4,4'-bis- [(-anilino-6-bis (2-hydroxyethyl) amino-1, 3,5-triazin-2-yl) amino] stilbene-2, 2'-disulfonic under the trade name Tinopal UNPA -GX available from Ciba Specialty Chemicals, sulfonate, 4 '-bis [(4-anilino-6-morpholino-1,3,5-triazin-2-yl) aminoles, triene-2, 2'-disodium under the trade name Tinopal AMS-GX available from Ciba S pecialty Chemicals, 4,4 'bis- [(4-anilino-6- (2-hydroxyethyl) methyl amino-1,3,5-triazin-2-yl) amino] stilbene-2,2'-disodium sulfonate with trade name Tinopal 5BM-GX available from Ciba Specialty Chemicals, 4'4-bis- [(4,6-dianilino-1,3,5-triazin-2-yl) amino] stilbene-2'-disodium sulfonate, sulfonate 4, '-bis- [(4-anilino-6-methylamino- 1, 3, 5-triazin-2-yl) amino] stilbene-2, 2'-disodium, sulfonate 4, 4' -bis - [( 4-anilino-β-y-ylamino-1,3,5-triazin-2-yl) amino] stilbene-2,2'-disodium, and 4,4'-bis (4-phenyl-1,2,3-triazole) acid 2-yl) stilbene-2, 2'-disulfonic acid.

Hydroxycoumarins Hydroxycoumarins are a class of compounds having the following basic coumarin structure and having at least one hydroxy portion: cxr The hydroxycoumarins useful in the present invention include those having the formulas (5): wherein R201 is H, OH, Cl, CH3, CH2C00H, CH2S03H, CH20S03H, or CH2OPO (OH) OH, R202 is H, phenyl, COO-C3-C30-alkyl, glucose, or a group of the formula (6 ): , 203 and R UJ is OH, or O-d-Cao-alkyl, and R204 is OH or O-d-C30 alkyl, glucoside, a group of the following formula (7): wherein R, 2Z0U53 and R, 2z0u6c are independently, phenylamino, mono- or disulfonated phenylamino, morpholino, N (CH2CH20H) 2, N (CH3) (CH2CH20H), NH2, N (CX-C3o-alkyl) 2, OCH3, Cl, NH- (CH2)? -4S03H or NH- (CH2)? _4OH. Suitable hydroxycoumarins include 6,7-dihydroxycoumarin available from Wako Chemicals, 4-methyl-7-hydroxycoumarin available from Wako Chemicals, 4-met il-6,7-dihydroxycoumarin available from Wako Chemicals, esculin available from Wako Chemicals, and umbelliferone ( 4-hydroxycoumarin) available from Wako Chemicals.

Aminocumarins Aminocumarins are a class of compounds that have the coumarin base structure and have at least one amino moiety. Aminocumarins useful in the inventions herein include those having the formulas (8): wherein R, 2¿0u7 'is H, Cl, CH3, CH2COOH, CH2S03H, CH2OS03H, or CH2OPO (OH) OH, R208 is H, phenyl, or COOd-C30 alkyl, and R209 and R210 are independently H, NH2, N (d-C30-alkyl) 2, NHC? -C3alkyl, or NHCOC? -C30alkyl lo. Suitable aminocoumarins include 4-methyl-7,7'-dimethylamino coumarin under the tradename Calcofluor-RWP available from BASF, 4-methyl-7,7'-dimethylamino coumarin under the tradename Calcofluor-LD available from BASF.

Triazoles Triazoles are a class of compounds that have the following base structure.

Triazoles useful in the inventions herein include those having the formulas (9) to (12) and (15) to (20): wherein R301 and R302, independently, are H, Ci-C30alkyl, phenyl or monosulfonated phenyl; An ~ and M are as previously defined, where. the compound has a trans-coplanar orientation or cis-coplanar orientation; Preferably, R301 is phenyl, R302 is H and M is sodium; wherein the compound has a trans-coplanar orientation; wherein R303 is H or Cl; R304 is S03M, SO2N (d-C30-alkyl) 2, S020-phenyl or CN; R305 is H, S03M, COOM, 0S03M, or 0P0 (0H) 0M; and M is is as previously defined, wherein the compound has a trans-coplanar orientation or cis-coplanar orientation; preferably, R303 and R305 are H and R304 is S03M in which M is Na; wherein the compound has a trans-coplanar orientation; * - r. a * - i wherein each of R and R independently represents H, a sulfonic acid group or the salts, esters or amides thereof, a carboxylic acid group or the salts, esters or amides thereof, a group cyano, a halogen atom, an alkylsulfonyl, arylsulfonyl, alkyl, alkoxy, aralkyl, aryl, aryloxy, aralkoxy or cycloalkyl radical, unsubstituted or substituted, an unsubstituted or substituted 5-membered heterocyclic ring containing 2 to 3 nitrogen atoms or an oxygen atom and 1 or 2 nitrogen atoms, or together with R307 and R313 represent a methylenedioxy, ethylenedioxy, methyleneoxymethyleneoxy, trimethylene, tetramethylene, propenylene, butenylene or butadienylene radical, each of R307 and R313 independently represents H, a group of sulfonic acid or the salts, esters or amides thereof, a carboxylic acid group or the salts, esters or amides thereof, a cyano group, a halogen atom, an alkyl or alkoxy radical unsubstituted or substituted, or together with R and R represents a methylenedioxy, ethylenedioxy, methyleneoxymethyleneoxy, trimethylene, tetramethylene, propenylene, butenylene or butadienylene radical, each of R308 and R314 independently represents H, a halogen atom or an unsubstituted or substituted alkyl radical, each of R309 and R311 independently represents H, a halogen atom, a cyano group, a sulfonic acid group or the salts, esters or amides thereof, or a carboxylic acid group or the salts, esters or amides thereof, and R310 independently represents H, a halogen atom, a cyano group a sulfonic acid group or the salts, preferably alkyl radicals, by hydroxy, alkoxy of 1 to 30 carbon atoms, cyano, halogen, carboxy, sulphonic acid groups, carbalkoxy having 1 to 30 carbon atoms in the alkoxy, phenyl or phenoxy moiety; the alkoxy radicals can be substituted by hydroxy, alkoxy of 1 to 30 carbon atoms, cyano, halogen, carboxy, carbalkoxy having 1 to 30 carbon atoms in the alkoxy, phenyl or phenoxy moiety; the phenyl, phenylalkyl or phenoxy radicals can be replaced by halogen, cyano, carboxy, carbalkoxy having 1 to 30 carbon atoms in the alkoxy, sulfo, or alkyl or alkoxy portion each having 1 to 30 carbon atoms, wherein the compound has a trans-coplanar orientation or cis-coplanar orientation; the possible cycloalkyl radicals are preferably cyclohexyl and cyclopentyl radicals which can be substituted by alkyl of 1 to 30 carbon atoms; possible 5-membered heterocyclic rings are v-triazole, oxazole or 1, 3, 4-oxdiazole radicals which may contain as substituents alkyl radicals of 1 to 4 carbon atoms, halogen, phenyl, carboxy, carbalkoxy having 1 to 30 atoms of carbon in the alkoxy, cyano, benzyl, alkoxy of 1 to 30 carbon atoms, phenoxy or sulfo portion, while the two adjacent substituents of the triazole and oxazole radicals together with capable of forming a benzene nucleus fused, substituted or unsubstituted replace; wherein the compound has a trans-coplanar orientation; wherein Q1 denotes one of the ring systems (13) or (14); and wherein R317 denotes H, alkyl having 1 to 30 carbon atoms, cyclohexyl, phenylalkyl with C1-C30 carbon atoms in the alkyl part, phenyl, alkoxy with 1 to 30 carbon atoms, or Cl, or, together with R318 , denotes alkylene with 3 to 30 carbon atoms, R318 denotes H or alkyl with 1 to 30 carbon atoms or, together with R317, denotes alkylene with 3 to 30 carbon atoms, R319 denotes H or methyl, R320 denotes H, alkyl with 1 to 30 carbon atoms, phenyl, alkoxy with 1 to 30 carbon atoms, or Cl, or, together with R321, denotes a fused benzene ring, R321 denotes H or Cl or together with R320, denotes a benzene ring fused, R315 denotes H, alkyl with 1 to 30 carbon atoms, alkoxy with 1 to 30 carbon atoms or Cl, R316 denotes H or Cl, Q2 denotes H, Cl alkyl with 1 to 30 carbon atoms or phenyl and Q3 denotes H or Cl; wherein the compound has a trans-coplanar orientation or cis-coplanar orientation, preferably, a trans-coplanar orientation; wherein R322 denotes H, Cl, methyl, phenyl, benzyl, cyclohexyl or methoxy, R323 denotes H or methyl and Z denotes O or S; wherein the compound has a trans-coplanar orientation or cis-coplanar orientation, preferably, a trans-coplanar orientation; Y wherein R324 denotes H, Cl, alkyl with 1 to 30 carbon atoms, phenylalkyl with 1 to 30 carbon atoms, phenyl or alkoxy with 1 to 30 carbon atoms, or R, .24 together with R denotes a fused benzene radical , R, 325 denotes H or methyl or R 325 together with R324 denotes a fused benzene radical, R326 denotes H, alkyl with 1 to 30 carbon atoms, alkoxy with 1 to 30 carbon atoms, Cl, carbalkoxy with 1 to 30 atoms carbon or alkylsulfonyl with 1 to 30 carbon atoms and R327 denotes H, Cl, methyl or methoxy; wherein the compound has a trans-coplanar orientation or cis-coplanar orientation, preferably, a trans-coplanar orientation.

Suitable triazoles include 2- (4-is t-iryl-3-sulfophenyl) -2H-naptho [1,2-d] triazole (C.I. Fluorescent Brightener 46) under the tradename Tinopal RBS available from Ciba Specialty Chemicals.

Pyrazolinas Pirazolinas are a class of compounds that have the following basic structure: The pyrazolines ul in the present invention include those having the formulas (21) to (23): wherein R401 is H, Cl or N (C? -C30-alkyl) 2, R402 is H, Cl, S03M, S02NH2, S02NH- (d-C30alkyl), C00-C? -C30alkyl, SO2-C1-C30alkyl , S02NH (CH2) 1-4N + (CH3) 3 or S02 (CH2)? -4N + H (d-C30- alkylo) 2An "R 403 404 and R are the same or different and each is H, C? - C30alkyl or phenyl and R 'is H Cl and An and M are as defined above, preferably R 4'01 Cl R 402 is S02CH2 CH2N + H C? -C4-alkyl) 2An wherein An "" is phosphite and R403, R404 and R405 are each H; and the formulas (22) and (23) shown in the following.

Suitable pyrazolines include l- (4-amido sulfonylphenyl) -3- (4-chlorophenyl) 2 -pira zol ina (IC Brightener Fluorescent 121) under the tradename Blankofor DCB available from Bayer, 1- [4- (2-sulfoethylsulfonyl ) phenyl] -3- (4-chlorophenyl) -2-pyrazoline, 1- [4- (2-sulfoethylsulfonyl) phenyl] -3- (3,4-dichloro-6-methyl-phenyl) -2-pyrazoline, methylisulfate l- < 4-. { N- [3- (N, N, N-t rimethylammonium) propyl] -amido sulfonyl} phenyl > -3- (4-chlorophenyl) -2-pyrazoline, and l- < 4- . { 2- [1-methyl-2- (N, N-dimethylamino) ethoxy] ethylsulfonyl} phenyl > -3- (4-chloro f-nyl-2-pyrazoline.

Oxazoles Oxazoles are a class of compounds that have the following basic structure: Oxazoles ul in the inventions herein include those having the formulas (24), (25), (26) and (27): wherein R501 and R502, independently, are H, Cl, C? -C30alkyl or S02-C? -C3alkyl, wherein the compound has a trans-coplanar orientation or cis-coplanar orientation; preferably, R501 is 4-CH3 and R502 is 2-CH3 wherein the compound has a trans-coplanar orientation; wherein R503, independently, is H, C (CH3) 3, C (CH3) 2-phenyl, C1-C30alkyl or COO-C1-C30alkyl, preferably, H and Q4 is -CH = CH-; -CH = CH- A / _CH = GH-A V or one group R503 in each ring is 2-methyl and the other R503 is H and Q4 is -CH = CH-; or one group R503 in each ring is 2-C (CH3) 3 and the other R503 is H; wherein the compound has a trans-coplanar orientation or cis-coplanar orientation, preferably, a trans-coplanar orientation; wherein R504 is CN, Cl, C00-C? -C3alkyl or phenyl; R505 and R506 are the atoms required to form a fused benzene ring or R506 and R508, independently, are H or C? -C3alkyl; and R507 is H, C? -C3alkyl or phenyl; wherein the compound has a trans-coplanar or cis-coplanar orientation; preferably, R504 is a 4-phenyl group and each of R505 to R508 is H; wherein the compound has a trans-coplanar orientation; Y wherein R509 denotes H, Cl, alkyl having 1 to 30 carbon atoms, cyclohexyl, phenylalkyl with 1 to 3 carbon atoms in the alkyl, phenyl or alkoxy part with 1 to 30 carbon atoms, R510 denotes H or alkyl with 1 the 30 carbon atoms, and Q5 denotes a radical; wherein R511 represents H, alkyl having 1 to 30 carbon atoms, alkoxy with 1 to 30 carbon atoms, Cl, carbalkoxy having 1 to 30 carbon atoms, unsubstituted sulfamoyl or sulfamoyl which is monosubstituted or disubstituted by alkyl or hydroxyalkyl with 1 to 30 carbon atoms or represents alkylsulfonyl with 1 to 30 carbon atoms; wherein the compound has a trans-coplanar orientation or cis-coplanar orientation, preferably, a trans-coplanar orientation. Suitable oxazoles include, 4'-bis (5-meth ilbenzoxazol-2-yl) is tylbeno, and 2- (4-methoxycarbonylstyryl) benzoxazole.

Pyrenes Pyrenes useful in the present invention include those having the formulas (28) and (29): wherein each R, 60U11, independently, is Ci-doalkoxy; preferably, methoxy; Y wherein each R602, independently, is H, OH, or S03M, wherein M is as previously defined, sulfonated phenylamino, or anilino. Suitable pyrenes include 2,4-dimethoxy-6- (1'-pyrenyl) -1,3,5-triazine (CI Brightening Fluorescent 179) under the tradename Fluolite XMF, 8-hydroxy-1, 3, 6 acid. pyrenetrisulfonic (D &C Green No.8), and pyrene 3-hydroxy-5, 8, 10-trisulfanilic.

Porphyrins Porphyrins useful in the present invention include those having the formulas (30), (31), and (32): wherein R701 is CH3 or CHO, R702 is H or COOC? -C30 alkyl, and R703 is H or an alkyl group having 1 to 30 carbons; Y wherein each R704, independently, is H, S03M, COOM, OSO3M, or 0P0 (0H) 0M, wherein M is as previously defined, halide, or alkyl of 1 to 30 carbons; and Q6 is Cu, Mg, Fe, Cr, Co, or mixtures thereof with cationic charges. Suitable p'orphyrins include porphyrin available from Wako Chemicals and Copper Phthalocyanine II available from Wako Chemicals.

Imidazoles Imidazoles are a class of compounds that have the following base structure: Imidazoles useful in the present invention include those having the formulas (33): wherein X "is as previously defined Suitable imidazoles include those with the commercial name of CI Brightener Fluorescent 352, or Uvtex AT available from Ciba Specialty Chemical The hair care compositions of the present invention including optical brighteners provide benefits Hair in three areas First, the optical brighteners of the present protect the hair from ultraviolet light by absorbing ultraviolet light, as described in detail above.Secondly, the optical brighteners of the present alter the color of the hair. hair when emitting light in the visible range Third, the optical brighteners of the present enhance the brillo of the hair by emitting light in the visible range.

ACTIVE HAIR CARE The hair care compositions of the present invention comprise a component that characterizes the shape and function of the product. The forms of product useful herein include, but are not limited to: shampoo, conditioner, treatment, foam, spray, lotion, gel and cream products, all are designed for the convenience of rinsing or leaving on the hair. Product functions useful herein include, but are not limited to: cleaning, conditioning and styling products. To produce these products, a hair care active selected from the group consisting of a detersive surfactant, a conditioning agent, a fixative polymer and mixtures thereof is included. Hair care assets and their levels are selected by one skilled in the art depending on the desired characteristic of the product.

SURFACTANT DETERGENT The compositions herein may include a detergent surfactant. The detergent surfactants herein are those suitable for hair cleaning. The detergent surfactants useful herein include anionic surfactants, amphoteric and zwitterionic surfactants and nonionic surfactants. Detergent surfactants, when present, are preferably included at a level from about 0.01% to about 75% by weight of the composition. 2 or more surfactants can be used.

Anionic Surfactant The anionic surfactants useful herein include alkyl sulfates and alkyl ether sulphates. These materials have the respective formulas ROS03M and RO (C2H40) xS03M, wherein R is an alkyl or alkenyl group of about 8 to about 30 carbon atoms, x is 1 to about 10 and M is hydrogen or a cation such as ammonium, alkanolammonium (for example triethanolammonium), a monovalent metal cation (for example sodium and potassium) or a polyvalent metal cation (for example magnesium and calcium). Preferably, M must be selected so that the anionic surfactant component is soluble in water. The surfactant or anionic surfactants should be selected so that the Krafft temperature is about 15 ° C or less, preferably about 10 ° C or less and more preferably about 0 ° C or less. It is also preferred that the anionic surfactant be soluble in the composition herein.

The Krafft temperature refers to the point at which the solubility of an ionic surfactant is determined by the energy of the crystal lattice and the heat of hydration, and corresponds to a point where the solubility undergoes a sudden discontinuous increase which increases the temperature. Each type of surfactant will have its own characteristic Krafft temperature. The Krafft temperature for ionic surfactants, in general, is well known and understood in the art. See, for example Myers, Drew, Surfactant Science and Technology, p. 82-85, VCH Publishers, Inc. (New York, New York, USA), 1988 (ISBN 0-89573-399-0), which is incorporated herein by reference in its entirety. In the alkyl and alkyl ether sulfates described above, preferably R has from about 8 to about 18 carbon atoms in both the alkyl sulfates and the alkyl ether sulphates. Alkylether sulfates are typically made as condensation products of ethylene oxide with monohydric alcohols having from about 8 to about 24 carbon atoms. The alcohols can be derived from fats, for example coconut oil, palm oil, tallow or the like, or the alcohols can be synthetic. The lauryl alcohol and the straight chain alcohols which are derived from coconut oil and palm oil are preferred herein. These alcohols are reacted with 1 to about 10 and especially about 3 molar proportions of ethylene oxide and the resulting mixture of the molecular species having, for example, an average of 3 moles of ethylene oxide per mole of alcohol, and they are sulfated and neutralized. Specific examples of alkyl ether sulfates which may be used in this invention are sodium and ammonium salts of cocoalkyltriethylglycol ethersulfate, tallowalkyltrietylglycol ether sulfate and tallowalkylhexaoxyethylammonium sulfate. The most preferred alkyl ether sulfates are those comprising a mixture of individual compounds, the mixture having an average alkyl chain length of between about 8 and about 16 carbon atoms and an average degree of ethoxylation of about 1 to about 4 moles of ethylene oxide This mixture also comprises from 0% to about 20% by weight of the compounds of -C 12-13, from about 60% to about 100% by weight of C 14-15-16 of 0% to about 20% by weight of the C? 7_i8-? g compounds, from about 3% to about 30% by weight of the compounds having an ethoxylation degree of 0; from about 45% to about 90% by weight of the compounds having an ethoxylation degree of from 1 to about 4; from about 10% to about 25% by weight of the compounds having an ethoxylation degree of from about 4 to about 8; and from about 0.1% to about 15% by weight of the compounds having an ethoxylation degree of greater than about 8. Other suitable anionic surfactants are the water-soluble salts of organic reaction products of the sulfuric acid of the general formula [R1- S03-M] wherein R1 is selected from the group consisting of a straight or branched chain saturated aliphatic hydrocarbon radical, having from about 8 to about 24, preferably from about 8 to about 18 carbon atoms and M is, as It was already described earlier in this section. Examples of these surfactants are the salts of a reaction product of organic sulfuric acid of a hydrocarbon of the methane series, which includes iso, neo and n-paraffins, having from about 8 to about 24 carbon atoms, preferably from about 8 to about 18 carbon atoms and a sulfonating agent, for example S03, H2S04, obtained according to the known sulfonation methods, including bleaching and hydrolysis. Sulphonated alkali metal and ammonium cyclo-n-paraffins are preferred. Still other suitable anionic surfactants are the reaction products of fatty acids esterified with isethionic acid and neutralized with sodium hydroxide where, for example, the fatty acids are derived from coconut or palm oil, or sodium or potassium salts of amides of fatty acid methyl tauride where fatty acids, for example, are derived from coconut oil. Other similar anionic surfactants are described in U.S. Patent Nos. 2,486,921, 2,486,922 and 2,396,278 which are incorporated herein by reference in their entirety. Another class of anionic surfactants suitable for use in shampoo compositions are β-alkyloxy alkanesulfonates. These compounds have the following formula: wherein R1 is a straight chain alkyl group having from about 6 to about 20 carbon atoms, R2 is a lower alkyl group having about 1, preferably, about 3 carbon atoms and M is as described in the above. Many other anionic surfactants suitable for use in shampoo compositions are described in McCutcheon's Emulsifie-r? and Detergents ,, 1989 Annual, published by M.C. Publishing Co., and in U.S. Patent No. 3,929,678, the disclosures of which are incorporated herein by reference. Preferred anionic surfactants for use in shampoo compositions include ammonium lauryl sulfate, ammonium laureth sulfate, triethylamine lauryl sulfate, triethylamine laureth sulfate, triethanolamine lauryl sulfate, triethanolamine laureth sulfate, monoethanolamine lauryl sulfate, "laureth sulfate" of monoethanolamine, diethanolamine lauryl sulfate, diethanolamine laureth sulfate, sodium monoglyceride lauric sulfate, sodium lauryl sulfate, sodium laureth sulfate, potassium lauryl sulfate, potassium laureth sulfate, ammonium cocoyl sulfate, ammonium lauroyl sulfate, sodium cocoyl sulfate, sodium lauroyl sulfate, potassium cocoyl sulfate, potassium lauryl sulfate, triethanolamine lauryl sulfate, triethanolamine lauryl sulfate, monoethanolamine cocoyl sulfate, monoethanolamine lauryl sulfate, sodium tridecyl benzene sulfate and dodecyl benzene sulfate sodium and mixtures thereof. Other anionic surfactants for use herein include polyhydrophilic anionic surfactants. As used herein, the term "polyhydrofolic" means a surfactant having at least two hydrophilic groups that provide a hydrophilic nature. The polyhydrophilic surfactants useful herein are only those that have at least two hydrophilic groups in the molecule and is not intended to encompass those that only have one hydrophilic group. A molecule of the polyhydrophilic anionic surfactant herein may comprise the same hydrophilic groups, or different hydrophilic groups. Specifically, the polyhydrophilic anionic surfactants of the present invention comprise at least one group selected from the group consisting of carboxy, hydroxy, sulfate, sulfonate and phosphate. Suitable polyhydrophilic anionic surfactants are those comprising at least one of a carboxy, sulfate or sulfonate group, more preferably, those comprising at least one carboxy group. Non-limiting examples of polyhydrophilic anionic surfactants include N-acyl-L-glutamates such as N-cocoyl-L-glutamate and N-lauroyl-L-glutamate or, laurimino dipropionate, N-acyl-L-aspartate, di- (N -lauroyl N-methyl taurate), polyoxyethylene lauryl sulfosuccinate, disodium N-octadecylsulfosuccinate; disodium lauryl sulfosuccinate; lauryl sulfosuccinate diammonium, N- (1,2-dicarboxyethyl-N-ocadeylsulfosuccinate tetrasodium, the diaminoster of sodium sulfosuccinic acid, the dihexyl ester of sodium sulfosuccinic acid, and the dioctyl ester of sodium sulfosuccinic acid, and 2-cocoalkyl N-carboxyethyl N-carboxyethoxyethyl imidazolinium betaine, lauroamphoxypropylsulfonate, cocoglyceryl ether salts, cocoglyceride sulfate, lauroyl isethionate, lauroamphoacetic acid and those of the following formula: HO2CH2C-N-CH2CH2N (CH2COOH) 2 I C = 0! R wherein R is an alkyl of 12 to 18 carbon atoms. Other polyhydrophilic anionic surfactants include olefin sulfonates having from about 10 to about 24 carbon atoms. The term "olefin sulfonates" is used herein to represent compounds that can be produced by the sulfonation of alpha-olefins by means of sulfur trioxide without complexing, followed by neutralization of the acid reaction mixture under such conditions that any sulfones that have formed in the reaction are hydrolyzed to provide the corresponding hydroxy-alkan sulfonates. Sulfur trioxide can be liquid or gas, and usually, but not necessarily, is diluted by inert diluents, for example by liquid S02, chlorinated hydrocarbons, etc., when used in liquid form, or by air, nitrogen, gaseous SO2, etc., when used in the gaseous form. The α-olefins from which the olefin sulfonates are derived are mono-olefins having from about 8 to about 24 carbon atoms, preferably from about 10 to about 16 carbon atoms. Preferably, they are straight chain olefins. In addition to the true alkene sulphonates and a proportion of hydroxyalkylene sulphonates, the olefin sulfonates may contain minor amounts of other materials, such as alkene disulfonates depending on the reaction conditions, proportion of reactants, the nature of the olefins of starting and impurities in the olefin material and secondary reactions during the sulphonation process. A mixture of α-olefin sulfonate of the above type is described in more detail in U.S. Patent No. 3,332,880 to Pflau er and Kessier, issued July 25, 1967, which is incorporated herein by reference. its entirety Another class of polyhydrophilic anionic surfactants are amino acid surfactants which are surfactants having the basic chemical structure of an amino acid compound, ie, containing a structural component of one of the naturally occurring amino acids. It should be understood by the skilled person that some surfactants can be considered as a polyhydrophilic anionic surfactant and an amino acid surfactant. These surfactants are suitable primary anionic surfactants. Non-limiting examples of amino acid surfactants include N-cocoylalaninate, N-acyl-N-methyl-β-alanate, N-acyl sarcos inato, N-alkylamino-propionates and N-alkyliminodipropionates, specific examples of these include N-lauryl-β acid -aminopropionic or salts thereof and N-lauryl-β-imino-dipropionate, N-aci 1-DL-alaninate, lauryl sarcosinate sodium, lauroyl sarcosinate sodium, lauryl sarcosine, cocoyl sarcosine, N-acyl-N-methyl Taurate, lauroyl taurate and lauroyl lactylate. Suitable anionic surfactants, commercially available, are N-aci 1-L-glut amato with the name. commercial AMISOFT CT-12S, N-acyl potasioglycine with the trade name AMILITE GCK-12, lauroyl glutamate with the trade name AMISOFT LS-11 and N-acyl-DL-alaninate with the trade name AMILITE ACT12 supplied by Ajinomoto; acilaspartate with the trade names ASPARACK and AAS supplied by Mitsubishi Chemical; and acyl derivatives with the trade name ED3A supplied by Hampshire Chemical Corp. Optionally, the counterion of the anionic surfactants can be polyvalent cations. It has been found that these anionic surfactants, together with the cationic conditioning agents and the polyvalent metal cations as described below, form a coacervate in the compositions. Cationic conditioning agents can be included in the composition herein to provide a shampoo that provides both cleansing and conditioning to the hair from a single product. The coacervate formulation depends on a variety of criteria such as molecular weight, component concentration and ionic strength ratio of the ionic interaction components, charge density of the cationic and anionic components, pH and temperature. Coacervate systems and the effect of these parameters are known in the art. It is considered to be particularly advantageous for anionic surfactants and polyvalent metal cations which at certain levels are present with the cationic conditioning agents in a coacervate phase. It is believed that the coacervates formed in the compositions of the present invention are easily deposited on the hair by diluting the coacervate with copious water, that is, by rinsing the shampoo. Without being limited by any theory, it is believed that coacervates provide two main effects of the present shampoo composition. First, they reduce the Critical Micelle Concentration (hereinafter "CMC") of the composition. The reduction of CMC is related to the reduction of surface tension, thus improving foaming performance. Secondly, the existence of the primary anionic surfactants together with the polyvalent metal cations extend the coacervate region in the composition. As the cationic conditioning agents in the composition are distributed mainly in the hair by means of these coacervates, the expansion of the coacervate region results in the release of more cationic conditioning agents for the hair. Accordingly, compositions are provided that clean and condition the hair from a single product, which has improved benofits of total conditioning and improved foam formation. The techniques of complex coacervate formation analysis are known in this field. For example, microscopic analysis of the shampoo compositions can be used at any chosen dilution step to identify whether a coacervate phase has been formed. This coacervate phase will be identifiable as an additional emulsified phase in the composition. The use of dyes can help distinguish the coacervate phase from other insoluble phases dispersed in the shampoo composition.

Amphoteric and Zwitterionic Surfactant Amphoteric surfactants for use herein include derivatives of tertiary amines and aliphatic secondaries wherein the aliphatic radical is straight or branched and one of the aliphatic substituents, contains from about 8 to about 18 carbon atoms and one contains an anionic water solubilizing group, for example, carboxy, sulfonate, sulfate, phosphate or phosphonate. Suitable zwitterionic surfactants for use herein include derivatives of aliphatic, phosphonium and sulfonium quaternary ammonium compounds, wherein the aliphatic radicals are straight or branched and wherein one of the aliphatic substituents contains from about 8 to about 18 carbon atoms and one contains an anionic group, for example carboxy, sulfonate, sulfate, phosphate or phosphonate. A general formula of these compounds is: (R3)? R2 -? + - CH2 - R4 - Z- wherein R2 contains an alkyl, alkenyl or hydroxyalkyl radical of from about 8 to about 18 carbon atoms, from 0 to about 10 ethylene oxide entities and from 0 to about 1 glyceryl entity; And it is selected from the group consisting of nitrogen, phosphorus and sulfur atoms, R3 is an alkyl or a monohydroxyalkyl group containing 1 to about 3 carbon atoms, X is 1 when Y is a sulfur atom and 2 when Y is a nitrogen or phosphorus atom, R 4 is an alkylene or hydroxyalkylene of between about 1 and about 4 carbon atoms and Z is a radical selected from the group consisting of carboxylate, sulfonate, sulfate, phosphonate and phosphate groups. Examples of amphoteric and zwitterionic surfactants also include sultaines and amidosultainas. Sultaines which include amidosultaines include, for example, cocodimethepropylsulin, stearyldimethylpropyl-sultaine, lauryl-bis- (2-hydroxyethyl) propylamine, and the like, and amidosultaines, such as, for example, cocoamidodimethylpropionate, stearylamidodimethylpropyl-alanine. , lauryl-bis- (2-hydroxyethyl) propylsultaine and the like. Preferred amidohydroxysultaines are, for example, hydrocarbylamidopropylhydroxysul tains of d-Ciß, in particular hydrocarbylamidopropylhydroxysultaines of -C14, for example laurylamidopropylhydroxysultaine and cocoamidopropylhydroxysultaine. Other sultaines are described in U.S. Patent No. 3,950,417, which is incorporated herein by reference in its entirety.

Other suitable amphoteric surfactants are aminoalkanoates of the formula R-NH (CH2) nCOOM, the iminodialkanoates of the formula RN [(CH2) mCOOM] 2 and mixtures thereof, wherein n and m are numbers from 1 to about 4, R is alkyl or C8-C22 alkenyl and M is hydrogen, alkali metal, alkaline earth metal, ammonium or alkanolammonium. Other suitable amphoteric surfactants include those represented by the formula: R3 I RiCON - (CH2) n - N + - CH2Z I I R4 R wherein R1 is d-C22 alkyl or alkenyl, preferably C8-C6, R2 and R3 are independently selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, -CH2C02M, -CH2CH2OH, -CH2CH2OCH2CH2COOM or (CH2CH20) mH, wherein m is an integer from 1 to about 25, and R4 is hydrogen, CH2CH2OH, or CH2CH2OCH2CH2COOM, Z is C02M or CH2C02M, n is 2 or 3, preferably 2, M is hydrogen or a cation such as for example alkali metal (for example lithium, sodium, potassium), alkaline earth metal (beryllium, magnesium, calcium, strontium, barium) or ammonium. This type of surfactant is sometimes classified as an imidazoline-type amphoteric surfactant, although it should be recognized that it does not necessarily have to be derived, directly or indirectly, through an imidazoline intermediate. Suitable materials of this type are sold under the trade name MIRANOL and are understood to comprise a complex mixture of species, and may exist in protonated and non-protonated species depending on the pH in relation to species that may have a hydrogen in R2. It is understood that all these variations and species are covered by the previous formula. Examples of surfactants of the above formula are monocarboxylates and dicarboxylates. Examples of these materials include cocoanfocarboxipropionate, cocoanfocarboxypropionic acid, cocoanfocarboxiglycinate (alternatively referred to as cocoanfoacet ato) and cocoanfoacetate. Commercial amphoteric surfactants include those sold under the trade names: MIRANOL C2M CONC. N.P., MIRANOL C2M CONC. O.P., MIRANOL C2M SF, MIRANOL CM SPECIAL (Miranol, Inc.); ALKATERIC 2CIB (Alkaril Chemicals); AMFOTERGE W-2 (Lonza, Inc.); MONATERIC CDX-38, MONATERIC CSH-32 (Mona Industries); REWOTERIC AM-2C (Rewo Chemical Group); and SCHERCOTERIC MS-2 (Scher Chemicals). Betaine surfactants, for example zwitterionic surfactants suitable for use in conditioning compositions, are those represented by the formula: OR R4 R2 II I! R5_ [c _ N _ (CH2) m] n-N + - Y- R1 I R wherein: R1 is a member selected from the group consisting of: COOM and CH (OH) CH2 S03M R2 is a lower alkyl or hydroxyalkyl; R3 is alkyl or lower hydroxyalkyl; R4 is a member selected from the group consisting of hydrogen and lower alkyl; R5 is higher alkyl or alkenyl; Y is lower alkyl, preferably methyl; m is an integer from 2 to 7, preferably from 2 to 3; n is the integer 1 or 0; M is hydrogen or a cation, as previously described, for example as an alkali metal, alkaline earth metal or ammonium. The term "lower alkyl" or "hydroxyalkyl" refers to aliphatic, saturated, straight or branched chain hydrocarbon radicals, aliphatic hydrocarbon radicals and substituted hydrocarbon radicals having from one to about three carbon atoms, such as, for example, methyl, ethyl, propyl, isopropyl, hydroxypropyl, hydroxyethyl and the like. The term "higher alkyl or alkenyl" refers to saturated straight or branched chain (ie "higher alkyl") and unsaturated (ie "higher alkenyl") saturated aliphatic hydrocarbon radicals, having from about eight to about 20 carbon atoms. carbon, for example, lauryl, cetyl, stearyl, oleyl and the like. It is to be understood that the term "higher alkyl or alkenyl" includes mixtures of radicals which may contain one or more intermediate linkages, such as, for example, ether or polyether linkages or non-functional substituents such as hydroxyl or halogen radicals, wherein the radical remains with hydrophobic character.

Examples of surfactant betaines of the above formula, wherein n is zero, which are useful herein include alkyl betaines such as, for example, cocodimet ilcarboxymethyl aetna, lauryldimethylcarboxymethylbetaine, lauryldimethyl-a-carboxyethylbetaine, cet i 1dimet ilcarboxymethyl ilbetaine, lauryl- bis- (2-hydroxyethyl) carboxymethylbetaine, is tearyl-bis- (2-hydroxypropyl) carboxymethylbetaine, oleyl-di-ethyl-α-carboxypropyl-lbetaine, lauryl-bis- (2-hydroxypropyl) -a-carboxyl-ilbetaine, etc. The sulfobetaines may be represented by cocodimethyl sulphopropyl betabene, stearyldimethylsulfo-propylbetaine, lauryl-bis- (2-hydroxyethyl) -sulfopropylbetaine and the like. Specific examples of amido betaines and amidosulfobetaines useful in conditioning compositions include the amidocarboxy-betaines, such as, for example, cocamidodimet-ilcarboxymethyl-aetna, laurylamidodimet-ilcarboxymethyl-ebetaine, cetylamidodimethylcarboxymethyl-ebetaine, laurylamido-bis- (2-hydroxyethyl) -carboxymethylbetaine, cocamido-bis- (2) -hydroxyethyl) -carboximet ilbetaine, etc. The amidosulfobetaines may be represented by cocamidodimethylsulphopropylbetaine, stearyl lamido-dimethylsulfopropylbetaine, laurylamido-bis- (2-hydroxyethyl) -sulfopropylbetaine and the like.

Non-ionic Surfactant The compositions of the present invention may comprise a non-ionic surfactant. The nonionic surfactants include those compounds produced by the condensation of the alkylene oxide groups, hydrophilic in nature, with an organic hydrophobic compound which may be aliphatic or alkylaromatic in nature. Preferred non-limiting examples of nonionic surfactants for use in shampoo compositions include the following: (1) polyethylene oxide condensates of alkylphenols, for example, the condensation products of alkylphenols having an alkyl group containing from about 6 to about 20 carbon atoms in a straight or branched chain configuration, with ethylene oxide, the ethylene oxide is present in amounts equal to about 10 to about 60 moles of ethylene oxide per mole of alkylphenol; (2) those derived from the condensation of ethylene oxide with the product resulting from the reaction of propylene oxide with ethylenediamine products; (3) condensation products of aliphatic alcohols having from about 8 to about 18 carbon atoms, in either straight or branched chain configurations, with ethylene oxide, for example, a condensate of ethylene oxide-coconut alcohol which has from about 10 to about 30 moles of ethylene oxide per mole of coconut alcohol, the coconut alcohol fraction has from about 8 to about 14 carbon atoms; (4) long chain tertiary amine oxides of the formula [RA2R3N? O], wherein R1 contains an alkyl, alkenyl or monohydroxyalkyl radical of from about 8 to about 18 carbon atoms, from 0 to about 10 ethylene oxide entities and from 0 to about 1 glyceryl entity, and R2 and R3 contains from about 1 to about 3 carbon atoms and from 0 to about 1 hydroxy group, for example, methyl, ethyl, propyl, hydroxyethyl or hydroxypropyl radicals; (5) long chain tertiary phosphine oxides of the formula [RR'R "P -> O] wherein R contains an alkyl, alkenyl or monohydroxyalkyl radical ranging from about 8 to about 18 carbon atoms in chain length , from 0 to about 10 ethylene units and from 0 to 1 glyceryl entities, and R 'and R "are each alkyl or monohydroxyalkyl groups containing from about 1 to about 3 carbon atoms; (6) long chain dialkyl sulfoxides containing a hydroxyalkyl or short chain alkyl radical of 1 to about 3 carbon atoms (usually methyl) and a long hydrophobic chain including alkyl, alkenyl, hydroxyalkyl or ketoalkyl radicals containing from about 8 to about 20 carbon atoms, from 0 to about 10 ethylene oxide entities and from 0 to 1 glyceryl entities; (7) alkylpolysaccharide surfactants (APS) (for example, alkyl polyglucosides), examples of which are described in the Patent of the States No. 4,565,647, which is incorporated herein by reference in its entirety and which discloses APS surfactants having a hydrophobic group with about 6 to about 30 carbon atoms and a polysaccharide (eg, polyglucoside) such as the hydrophilic group, optionally there may be a polyalkylene oxide group that binds to the hydrophobic and hydrophilic entities, and the alkyl group (ie, the hydrophobic entity) can be saturated or unsaturated, branched or unbranched and substituted or unsubstituted (e.g. with cyclic or hydroxy rings) ); a preferred material is an alkyl polysuclide which is commercially obtained from Henkel, ICI Americas and Seppic; and (8) polyoxyethylene alkyl ethers such as, for example, those of the formula R0 (H2CH2) nH and fatty glyceryl ethers of polyethylene glycol (PEG) such as, for example, those of the formula R (0) 0CH2CH (OH) CH2 (0CH2CH2) n0H, wherein n is from 1 to about 200, preferably, from about 20 to about 10Ó and R is an alkyl having from about 8 to about 22 carbon atoms.

CONDITIONER AGENTS The compositions herein may include a conditioning agent. The conditioning agents useful herein are those which include cationic surfactants, high melting point compounds, oily compounds, cationic polymers, silicone compounds and nonionic polymers. Conditioning agents, when present, are preferably included at a level of from about 0.01% to about 30% by weight of the composition. When two or more conditioning agents are used, preferably, each of the conditioning agents does not exceed about 20% by weight of the composition.

Cationic Surfactant The cationic surfactants useful herein are any of those known to the person skilled in the art. Among the cationic surfactants useful herein are those corresponding to the general formula (I): Rl I R2_ N + _ R3? - (I) I R4 wherein at least one of R1, R2, R3 and R4 is selected from an aliphatic group of 8 to 30 carbon atoms or an alkoxy, polyoxyalkylene, alkylamido group, hydroxyalkyl, aryl or arylalkyl having up to 22 carbon atoms, the remainder of R1, R2, R3 and R4 are independently selected from an aliphatic group of 1 to about 22 carbon atoms or an alkoxy, polyoxyalkylene, alkylamido, hydroxyalkyl group, aryl or aromatic arylalkyl of up to 22 carbon atoms; and X is a salt-forming anion such as for example those selected from halogen (eg, chloride, bromide), acetate, citrate, lactate, glycolate, phosphate, nitrate, sulfoate, sulfate, alkyl sulfate and alkylsulfonate radicals. The aliphatic groups may contain, in addition to carbon and hydrogen atoms, ether linkages, and other groups such as, for example, amino groups. Long-chain aliphatic groups, for example, those of about 12 carbon atoms, or higher, can be saturated or unsaturated. It is preferred when R1, R2, R3 and R4 are independently selected from Ci alkyl at about C22. Non-limiting examples of cationic surfactants useful in the present invention include materials having the following CTFA designations: quaternium-8, quat ernium-24, quaternium-26, quaternium-27, quaternium-30, quaternium-33, quaternium-43, quat ernium-52, quaternium-53, quaternium-56, quat ernium- 60, quaternium-62, quaternium-70, quaternium-72, quaternium-75, quaternium-77, quat ernium- 78, quaternium-80, quaternium-81 , quat ernium-82, quaternium-83, quaternium-84 and mixtures thereof. Also preferred are hydrophilically substituted cationic surfactants in which at least one of the substituents contains one or more ether, ester, amido or amino aromatic entities present as substituents or as linkages in the radical chain, wherein at least one of the radicals R1 to R4 contain one or more hydrophilic entities selected from alkoxy (preferably C1-C3 alkoxy), polyoxyalkylene (preferably C1-C3 polyoxyalkylene), alkylamido, hydroxyalkyl, alkyl ester and combinations thereof. Preferably, the hydrophilically substituted cationic conditioning surfactant contains from 2 to about 10 non-ionic hydrophilic entities located within the ranges set forth in the foregoing. Preferred hydrophilically substituted cationic surfactants include those of the formula (II) to (VII) below: CH3 (CH2.) N- CH2- N + - (CH2CH20) xH (II) I (CH2CH20) yH wherein n is from 8 to about 28, x + y is from 2 to about 40, Z1 is a short chain alkyl, preferably C1-C3 alkyl, more preferably methyl, or - (CH2CH20) zH where x + y + z is up to 60, and X is a salt-forming anion as defined above; R6 R8 I I R5_ N + _ (CH2) m-N + - R9 2X "(III) I I R ^ RlO wherein m is from 1 to 5, one or more of R5, Rd and R7 are independently C?-C3o alkyl, the remainder are -CH2CH2OH, one or two of R8, R9 and R10 are independently a C? alkyl; C30, and the remainder are -CH2CH2OH, and X is a salt-forming anion as mentioned above; O z2 or i-, "j ll Rll- CNH - (CH2) p -N + - (CH2) q- NHCRl2 X" (IV) Z3 wherein Z is an alkyl, preferably a C 1 -C 3 alkyl, more preferably methyl and Z 3 is a short chain hydroxyalkyl, preferably hydroxymethyl or hydroxyethyl, and p and q independently are integers from 2 to 4, inclusive, preferably from 2 to 3, inclusive, most preferably 2, R11 and R12, independently, are substituted or unsubstituted hydrocarbyls, preferably C2-C2o alkyl or alkenyl and X is a salt-forming anion as defined in US Pat. the above; R13_ N + _ (CH2CH0) aH X ~ (V) Z5 CH3 wherein R 13 is a hydrocarbyl, preferably C 1 -C 3 alkyl, more preferably methyl, Z 4 and Z 5 are, independently, short chain hydrocarbyls, preferably C 2 -C 4 alkyl or alkenyl, most preferably ethyl, 2 to about 40, preferably from about 7 to about 30, and X is a salt-forming anion as defined above; Rl "4 I Zß_ N + _ CH2CHCH2- A x- (VI) I I R15 OH wherein R 14 and R 15, independently, are C 1 -C 3 alkyl, more preferably methyl, Z 6 is a C 2 -C 22 hydrocarbyl, alkyl, carboxy or alkylamido and A is a protein, preferably, collagen, keratin, protein of milk, silk, soy protein, wheat protein or hydrolyzed forms thereof; and X is a salt-forming anion as defined above; O Ri6 II I HOCH2- (CHOH) 4-CNH (CH2) b-N + -CH2CH2OH x ~ I ^ D I Rl7 wherein b is 2 or 3, Rld and R17 are independently C1-C3 hydrocarbyls, preferably methyl, and X is a salt-forming anion as defined above. Non-limiting examples of hydrophilically substituted cationic surfactants useful in the present invention include materials having the following CTFA designations: quaternium-16 hydrolyzed collagen, quat ernium-61, quaternium-71, quat ernium-79, quaternium-79 hydrolyzed keratin , quaternium-79 hydrolyzed milk protein, quaternium-79 hydrolyzed silk, quaternium-79 hydrolyzed soy protein and quaternium-79 hydrolyzed wheat protein. Highly preferred compounds include the commercially available materials of the following trademarks; VARIQUAT K1215 and 638 from Witco Chemical, MACKPRO KLP, MACKPRO WLW, MACKPRO MLP, MACKPRO NSP, MACKPRO NLW, MACKPRO WWP, MACKPRO NLP, MACKPRO SLP from Mclntyre, ETHOQUAD 18/25, ETHOQUAD 0 / 12PG, ETHOQUAD C / 25, ETHOQUAD S / 25 and ETHODUQUAD of Akzo, DEHYQUAT SP of Henkel and ATLAS G265 of ICI Americas. Salts of primary, secondary and tertiary fatty amines are also suitable cationic surfactants. The alkyl groups of these amines preferably have from 12 to about 22 carbon atoms and can be substituted or unsubstituted. Particularly useful are tertiary fatty amines substituted with amido. Such amines, useful herein, include estearamidopropí ldimet i lamina, stearamidopropyl diethylamine, stearamidoethyldiethylamine, stearamido ethyldimethylamine, palmitamidopropyldimethylamine, almitamidopropildieti lamina, palmitamidoetildiet ylamine, t amidoetildimet ylamine palmi, behenamidopropyl dimethylamine, i behenamidopropildiet lamina, behenamidoetildíetilamina, behenamidoetildimet 11- amine, arachidomidopropylimethylamine, arachidic ido-propyldietylamine, arachidomidoethyldiethylamine, arachidomidoetyldimethylamine, diethylaminoethyl-stearamide. Also useful are dimethylamine, dimethyloxyamine, soyamine, irystyl amine, tridecylamine, ethers tearylamine, N-sebopropamine diamine, ethoxylated stearylamine (with 5 moles of ethylene oxide), dihydroxyethylstearylamine and arachidylbehenylamine. These amines can be used in combination with acids such as for example L-glutamic acid, lactic acid, hydrochloric acid, malic acid, succinic acid, acetic acid, fumaric acid, tartaric acid, citric acid, L-glutamic hydrochloride and mixtures thereof; more preferably L-glutamic acid, lactic acid, citric acid. The cationic amino acid surfactants included among those useful in the present invention are described in U.S. Patent No. 4,275,055 to Nachtigal, et al., Issued June 23, 1981, which is incorporated herein by reference. In its whole. The cationic surfactants for use herein also include a plurality of quaternary ammonium entities or amino entities, or mixtures thereof.

High Melting Point Compound The compositions may comprise a high melting point compound having a melting point of at least about 25 ° C selected from the group consisting of fatty alcohols, fatty acids, fatty alcohol derivatives, acid derivatives fat, hydrocarbons, steroids and mixtures thereof. Without being limited by theory, it is believed that these high-melting compounds cover the hair surface and reduce friction, which results in the provision of feeling of softness on hair and ease of combing. It is understood by the technician that the compounds described in this section of the specification can, in some cases, fall into more than one classification, for example, some fatty alcohol derivatives can also be classified as fatty acid derivatives. However, a certain classification is not intended to be a limitation on that particular compound, although it is given as much for convenience of classification as for nomenclature. Further, it is understood by the technician that, depending on the number and position of the double bonds, and the length and position of the branches, certain compounds having certain required carbon atoms may have a melting point of less than about 25 ° C. . These low melting point compounds are not intended to be included in this section. Non-limiting examples of the high melting point compounds are found in the International Dictionary of Cosmetic Ingredients, Fifth Edition, 1993, and the Cosmetic Ingredients Manual of the CTFA, Second Edition, 1992, both are incorporated herein by reference in its entirety Fatty alcohols useful herein are those having from about 14 to about 30 carbon atoms, preferably from about 16 to about 22 carbon atoms. These fatty alcohols can be straight or branched chain alcohols and can be saturated or unsaturated. Non-limiting examples of fatty alcohols include: cetyl alcohol, stearyl alcohol, behenyl alcohol, and mixtures thereof. The fatty acids useful herein are those having from about 10 to about 30 carbon atoms, preferably from about 12 to about 22 carbon atoms and more preferably from about 16 to about 22 carbon atoms. These fatty acids can be straight or branched chain acids and can be saturated or unsaturated. Also included are diacids, triazides and other multiple acids that meet the requirements herein. Salts of these fatty acids are also included herein. Non-limiting examples of fatty acids include lauric acid, palmitic acid, stearic acid, behenic acid, sebacic acid, and mixtures thereof. The fatty alcohol derivatives and fatty acid derivatives useful herein include fatty alcohol alkyl ethers, alkoxylated fatty alcohols, alkylethers of alkoxylated fatty alcohols, esters of fatty alcohols, fatty acid esters of the compounds having hydroxy groups are terible, acidic fatty acids substituted with hydroxy, and mixtures thereof. Non-limiting examples of fatty alcohol derivatives and fatty acid derivatives include materials such as methyltearylether; the ceteth series of the compounds such as for example ceteth-1 to ceteth-45, which are ethylene glycol ethers of cetyl alcohol, where the numerical designation indicates the number of ethylene glycol entities present; the steareth series of compounds such as steareth-1 to 10, are ethylene glycol ethers of steareth alcohol, wherein the numerical designation indicates the number of ethylene glycol entities present; ceteareth 1 to ceteareth-10, which are the ethylene glycol ethers of ceteareth alcohol, ie, a mixture of fatty alcohols containing predominantly cetyl and stearyl alcohol, wherein the numeric designation indicates the number of ethylene glycol entities present; C1-C30 alkyl ethers of the ceteth, steareth and ceteareth compounds already described; polyoxyethylene ethers of behenyl alcohol; Ethyl stearate, cetyl stearate, cetyl palmitate, stearyl stearate, myristyl myristate, polyoxyethylene eaterate, etherate, polyoxyethylene teratole, polyoxyethylene lauryléterest, ethylene glycol monostearate, polyoxyethylene monostearate, polyoxyethylene distearate, propylene glycol monostearate, propylene glycol distearate, trimethylolpropane distearate, ssrbitan stearate, polyglyceryl stearate, glyceryl monoesterate, glyceryl distearate, glyceryl tristearate and mixtures thereof. Hydrocarbons useful herein include compounds having at least about 20 carbon atoms. Steroids useful herein include compounds such as cholesterol. High-melting compounds of a simple compound of high purity are preferred. Simple compounds of pure alcohols selected from the group of pure cetyl alcohol, stearyl alcohol and behenyl alcohol are highly preferred. By the term "pure" in the present, it is meant that the compound has a purity of at least about 90%, preferably at least about 95%. These simple, high purity compounds provide good rinsing ability when the consumer removes the composition by rinsing. Highly commercially available high melting compounds, useful herein include: cetyl alcohol, stearyl alcohol and behenyl alcohol having commercial names of the KONOL series available from New Japan Chemical (Osaka, Japan), and the NAA series available from NOF (Tokyo Japan); Pure behenyl alcohol having the trade name 1-DOCOSANOL available from WAKO (Osaka, Japan), various fatty acids having the trade names NEO-FAT available from Akzo (Chicago, Illinois, USA) HYSTRENE available from Witco Corp. (Dublin, Ohio, USA), and DERMA available from Vevy (Genova, Italy); and cholesterol that has the trade name NIKKOL AGUASÓME LA available from Nikko.

Oily Compound The compositions comprise an oily compound having a melting point of not more than about 25 ° C selected from the group consisting of a first oily compound, a second oily compound and mixtures thereof. Oily compounds useful herein may be volatile or non-volatile. Without being limited by theory, it is believed that oily compounds can penetrate the hair to modify the hydroxy bonds of hair, thereby resulting in the provision of softness and suppleness to hair. The oily compound may comprise either the first oily compound or the second oily compound as described herein. Preferably, a mixture of the first oily compound and the second oily compound is used. The oily compounds in this section are given to be distinguished from the high melting point compounds described in the foregoing. Non-limiting examples of oily compounds are found in the International Dictionary of Cosmetic Ingredients, Fifth Edition, 1993 and the Cosmetic Ingredients Manual of the CTFA, Second Edition, 1992, both are incorporated herein by reference in their entirety.

First Oleous Compound Fatty alcohols useful herein include those having from about 10 to about 30 carbon atoms, preferably from about 12 to about 22 carbon atoms and more preferably from about 16 to about 22 carbon atoms. These fatty alcohols can be straight or branched chain alcohols and can be saturated or unsaturated alcohols, preferably unsaturated alcohols. Non-limiting examples of these compounds include oleyl alcohol, palmitoleic alcohol, t-ethyl alcohol, isocetyl alcohol, undecanol, octyldodecanol, octyldecanol, octyl alcohol, caprylic alcohol, decyl alcohol and lauryl alcohol. Fatty acids useful herein include those having from about 10 to about 30 carbon atoms, preferably from about 12 to about 22 carbon atoms and more preferably from about 16 to about 22 carbon atoms. These fatty acids can be straight or branched chain acids and can be saturated or unsaturated. Suitable fatty acids include, for example, oleic acid, linoleic acid, isostearic acid, linolenic acid, ethyl linolenic acid, ethyl linolenic acid, arachidonic acid, and ricinolic acid. Fatty acid derivatives and fatty alcohol derivatives are defined herein to include, for example, esters of fatty alcohols, alkoxylated fatty alcohols, fatty alcohol alkyl ethers, alkylethers of alkoxylated fatty alcohols, and mixtures thereof. Non-limiting examples of fatty acid derivatives and fatty alcohol derivatives include, for example, methyl linoleate, ethyl linoleate, isopropyl linoleate, isodecyl oleate, isopropyl oleate, ethyl oleate, octyl isodocyl oleate, oleate oleyl, decyl oleate, butyl oleate, methyl oleate, octyldocecyl stearate, octyldodecyl isostearate, octylododecyl isopalmitate, octyl isopelargonate, octyl pelargonate, hexyl isostearate, isopropyl isostearate, isodecyl isononanoate, 01eth-2, Pentaerythritol Tetraoleate, Pentaerythritol Tetraisoes Teratoate, Trimethylolpropane Triolate and Trimethylolpropane Tri-Isoes Teratorate. The first commercially available oily compounds useful herein include: oleyl alcohol with the trade name UNJECOL 90BHR available from New Japan Chemical, pentaerythritol tetraisoes, and trimethylolpropane tri-isostearate under the trade names KAKPTI and KAKTTI available from Kokyu Alcohol (Chiba, Japan), pentaerythritol tetraoleate having the same trade name as the name of the compound available from New Japan Chemical, trimethylolpropane trioleate with a trade name ENUJERUBU TP3S0 available from New Japan Chemical, various liquid esters with the trade names of the SCHERCEMOL series available of Scher, and hexyl isostearate with a trade name HIS and isopropyl isostearate having the trade name ZPIS available from Kokyu Alcohol.

Second Oleous Compound The second oily compounds useful herein include straight chain, cyclic, and branched chain hydrocarbons which may be either saturated or unsaturated, while having a melting point of no more than about 25 ° C. These hydrocarbons have from about 12 to about 40 carbon atoms, preferably from about 12 to about 30 carbon atoms, and preferably from about 12 to about 22 carbon atoms. Polymeric hydrocarbons of alkenyl monomers, such as for example polymers of alkenyl monomers of -6- These polymers can be straight or branched chain polymers are also embraced herein. The straight chain polymers will typically be of relatively short length, having a total number of carbon atoms as described above. The branched chain polymers may have substantially larger chain lengths. The numerical average molecular weight of these materials can vary widely, but will typically be up to about 500, preferably from about 200 to about 400 and more preferably from about 300 to about 350. Various grades of oils are also useful herein. minerals Mineral oils are liquid mixtures of hydrocarbons that are obtained from petroleum. Specific examples of suitable hydrocarbon materials include paraffin oil, mineral oil, dodecane, isododecane, hexadecane, isohexadecane, eicosane, isoeicosane, tridecane, tetradecane, polybutene, polyisobutene, and mixtures thereof. Preferred hydrocarbons for use herein are selected from the group consisting of mineral oil, isododecane, isohexadecane, polybutene, polyisobutene, and mixtures thereof. The second commercially available oil compounds, useful herein, include: isododecane, isohexadecane and isoeicosane under the trade names PERMETHYL 99A, PERMETIL 101A and PERMETIL 1082, available from Presperse (South Plainfield, New Jersey, USA), a copolymer of isobutene and normal butene with the trade names INDOPOL H-10.0 available from Amoco Chemicals (Chicago Illinois, USA), mineral oil with the trade name BENOL available from Witco, and isoparaffin under the trade name ISOPAR from Exxon Chemical Co. (Houston Texas, USA), α-olefin oligomer with the trade name PURESYN 6 from Mobil Chemical Col, and tricaprilat or / tricaprat or trimethylolpropane under the trade name MOBIL ESTER P43 from Mobil Chemical Co.

Cationic Polymers As used herein, the term "polymer" should include materials made either by polymerization of one type of monomer or made by two (ie, copolymers) or more types of monomers. Preferably, the cationic polymer is a water-soluble cationic polymer. By "water-soluble" cationic polymer, it should be understood that it is a polymer that is sufficiently soluble in water to form an essentially clear solution with the naked eye at a concentration of 0.1% in water (distilled or equivalent) at 25 ° C. The preferred polymer will be sufficiently soluble to form an essentially clear solution at a concentration of 0.5%, more preferably at a concentration of 1.0%. The cationic polymers of the present will generally have a weight average molecular weight that is at least about 5,000, typically at least about 10,000 and less than about 10 million. Preferably, the molecular weight is from about 100,000 to about 2 million. The cationic polymers will generally have cationic nitrogen containing entities such as, for example, quaternary ammonium or cationic amino entities and mixtures thereof. The cationic charge density is preferably about 0.1 meq / gram, more preferably, at least about 1.5 meq / gram, even more preferably, of at least about 1.1 meq / gram, still more preferably, of at least about 1.2 meq / gram. The cationic charge density of the cationic polymer can be determined according to the Kjeldahl Method. Those skilled in the art will recognize that the charge density of amino-containing polymers may vary depending on the pH and the isoelectric point of the amino groups. The charge density must be within the above limits in the pH of the intended use. Any counterions can be used for cationic polymers as long as the water solubility criteria are met. Suitable counterions include halides (for example, Cl, Br, I or F, preferably Cl, Br or I), sulfate and methylisulfate. You can use others, since this list is not exclusive. The cationic nitrogen containing entity will generally be present as a substituent, on a fraction of the total monomer units of the hair conditioning, cationic polymers. In this way, the cationic polymer can comprise copolymers, terpolymers, etc. of quaternary ammonium or monomeric units substituted with cationic amine and other non-cationic units related herein as spawning monomeric units. These polymers are known in the art and a variety can be found in the CTFA Cosmetic Ingredient Dictionary, 3a. edition, edited by Estrin, Crosley and Haynes, (The Cosmetic, Toiletry, and Fragrance Association, Inc., Washington, D.C., 1982). Suitable cationic polymers include, for example, copolymers of vinyl monomers having cationic amine or quaternary ammonium functionalities with water-soluble spacer monomers such as for example acrylamide, methacrylamide, alkyl and dialkylacrylamides, alkyl and dialkyl methacrylamides, alkyl acrylate, alkyl methacrylate, vinyl caprolactone and vinylpyrrolidone. The alkyl and dialkyl substituted monomers preferably have C?-C7 alkyl groups, more preferably C 1 -C 3 alkyl groups. Other suitable spacer monomers include vinyl ethers, vinyl alcohol (produced by hydrolysis of polyvinyl acetate), maleic anhydride, propylene glycol and ethylene glycol. The cationic amines can be primary, secondary or tertiary amines, which depend on the particular species and the pH of the composition. In general, secondary and tertiary amines, especially tertiary amines, are preferred. The amine substituted vinyl monomers can be polymerized in the amine form, and then optionally converted to ammonium by a quaternization reaction. The amines can also be quaternized in a similar manner after polymer formation. For example, the tertiary amine functionalities can be quaternized by reaction with a salt of the formula R'X wherein R 'is a short chain alkyl, preferably a C 1 -C 7 alkyl, more preferably an alkyl C1-C3 and X is an anion that forms a water-soluble salt with quaternized ammonium. Suitable cationic ammonium and quaternary ammonium monomers include, for example, vinyl compounds substituted with dialkylaminoalkyl acrylate, dialkylaminoalkyl methacrylate, monoalkylaminoalkyl acrylate, monoalkylaminoalkyl methacrylate, trialkyl methacryloxyalkyl ammonium salt, trialkyl acryloxyalkyl ammonium salt, diallyl quaternary ammonium salts and vinyl quaternary ammonium monomers having rings containing cyclic cationic nitrogen such as for example pyridinium, imidazolium and quaternized pyrrolidone, for example, salts of alkyl vinyl imidazolium, alkyl vinyl pyridinium, alkyl vinyl pyrrolidone. The alkyl portions of these monomers are preferably lower alkyl such as, for example, C1-C3 alkyls, more preferably Ci and C2 alkyls. Amine substituted vinyl monomers suitable for use herein include dialkylaminoalkyl acrylate, dialkylaminoalkyl methacrylate, dialkylaminoalkyl acrylamide and dialkylaminoalkyl methacrylamide, wherein the alkyl groups are preferably d-C7 hydrocarbyls, more preferably, C1-C3 alkyls. The cationic polymers herein may comprise mixtures of monomer units derived from amine and / or quaternary ammonium substituted monomer, and / or compatible spacer monomers. Suitable cationic hair conditioning polymers include, for example: copolymers of 1-vinyl-2-pyrrolidone and 1-vinyl-3-methylimidazolium salt (eg, chloride salt) (named in the industry by the Cosmetic, Toiletry, and Fragrance Association, "CTFA", as Polyquaternium-16), such as those commercially available from BASF Wyanotte Corp.

(Parsipany, NJ. USA) with the trade name LUVIQUAT (for example, LUVIQUAT FC 370); copolymers of 1-vinyl-2-pyrrolidone and dimethylaminoethyl methacrylate (referred to in the industry by the CTFA as Polyquat ernium-11) as for example those commercially available from Gaf Corporation (Wayne, NJ, USA) under the trade name GAFQUAT (e.g. , GAFQUAT 755N); polymers containing cationic diallyl quaternary ammonium, including, for example, dimethyldiallylammonium chloride homopolymer and copolymers of acrylamide and dimethyldiallylammonium chloride, referred to in the industry (CTFA) as Polyquaternium 6 and Polyquaternium 7, respectively; and amino acid alkali metal salts of homo and copolymers of unsaturated carboxylic acids having from 3 to 5 carbon atoms, as described in U.S. Patent No. 4,009,256, incorporated herein by reference. Other cationic polymers that can be used include polysaccharide polymers, such as, for example, cationic cellulose derivatives and cationic starch derivatives. Polymeric cationic polysaccharide materials suitable for use herein include those of the formula: Rl I (R - N + - R3) I R2 wherein: A is a residual group of anhydroglucose, such as for example starch or residual cellulose anhydroglucosan, R is an alkylene, oxyalkylene, polyoxyalkylene or hydroxyalkylene group or combinations thereof, R1, R2 and R3 independently are alkyl, aryl groups , alkylaryl, arylalkyl, alkoxyalkyl or alkoxyaryl, each group contains up to about 18 carbon atoms and the total number of carbon atoms for each cationic entity (i.e., the sum of carbon atoms in R1, R2 and R3) is preferably of about 20 or less and X is an anionic counterion, as previously described. Cationic cellulose is available from Amerchol Corp. (Edison, NJ, USA) in its polymer series Polymer JR® LR®, as hydroxyethyl cellulose salts that were reacted with trimethylammonium substituted epoxide, referred to in the industry (CTFA) as Polyqaternium 10. Another type of cationic cellulose includes the polymeric quaternary ammonium salts of hydroxyethyl cellulose which was reacted with epoxide substituted with lauryl dimethyl ammonium, referred to in the industry (CTFA) as Polyquaternium 24. These materials are available from Amerchol Corp. ( Edison, NJ, USA) under the tradename Polymer LM-200®. Other cationic polymers that can be used include guar gum derivatives, such as for example hydroxypropyl trimon guar chloride (commercially available from Celanese Corp in its Jaguar R series). Other materials include cellulose ethers containing quaternary nitrogen (e.g., as described in U.S. Patent No. 3,962,418, incorporated herein by reference) and copolymers of etherified cellulose and starch (e.g., as described in US Pat. U.S. Patent No. 3,958,581, incorporated herein by reference).

Silicone Compounds Additional conditioning agents useful herein include silicone compounds. The silicone compounds of the present invention may include soluble or insoluble volatile silicone conditioning agents, or soluble or insoluble non-volatile silicone. By "soluble" is meant that the silicone compound is miscible with the carrier of the composition to be part of the same phase. By "insoluble" is meant that the silicone forms a discontinuous phase separated from the carrier, as for example in the form of an emulsion or a suspension of droplets of the silicone. Suitable silicone fluids include polyalkylsiloxanes, polyarylsiloxanes, polyalkylene glycosides, polyethersiloxane copolymers and mixtures thereof. Other non-volatile silicone compounds can also be used to have hair conditioning properties. The silicone compounds of the present invention include polyalkyl or polyarylsiloxanes with the following structure (I) R R R I I I A - Yes- O - [Yes - 0]? - Yes- A (i: I I I R R R wherein R is alkyl or aryl, and x is an integer from about 7 to about 8,000. "A" represents groups that block the ends of the silicone chains. The substituted alkyl or aryl groups on the siloxane chain (R) or on the ends of the siloxane chains (A) can have any structure as long as the resulting silicone is fluid at room temperature, dispersible, non-irritating, toxic nor harmful in any other way when applied to the hair, is compatible with other components of the composition, is chemically stable under normal use and storage conditions and is capable of being deposited on the hair to condition it. Suitable groups A include hydroxy, methyl, methoxy, ethoxy, propoxy and aryloxy groups. The two R groups on the silicon atom may represent the same or different groups. Preferably, the two R groups represent the same group. Suitable R groups include methyl, ethyl, propyl, phenyl, methylphenyl and phenylmethyl. Preferred silicone compounds are polydimethylsiloxane, polydiet ilsiloxane and polymethylphenylsiloxane. Polydimethylsiloxane which is also known as dimethicone is especially preferred. Polyalkylsiloxanes that can be used include, for example, polydimethylsiloxanes. These silicone compounds are available, for example, from General Electric Company in their Viscasil® and SF 96 series and from Dow Corning in their Dow Corning 200 series. Polyalkylaryl iloxane fluids can also be used and include, for example, polymethylphenylsiloxanes. These siloxanes are available, for example, from General Electric Company as SF 1075 methylphenyl fluid or from Dow Corning as Cosmetic Grade Fluid 556. Especially preferred for improving the gloss characteristics of the hair are silicone compounds with high degree of arylation, such as example highly phenylated polysilicone iet having refractive indices of about 1.46 or higher, especially about 1.52 or higher. When these high refractive index silicone compounds are used, these should be mixed with a dispersing agent, for example as a surfactant or a silicone resin, as described below to lower the surface tension and improve the material capacity for form a movie The silicone compounds that can be used include, for example, a polydimethylsiloxane modified with polypropylene oxide although ethylene oxide or mixtures of ethylene oxide and propylene oxide can also be used. The level of ethylene oxide and polypropylene oxide should be sufficiently low so as not to interfere with the dispersibility characteristics of the silicone. These materials are also known as dimethicone copolyols. Other silicone compounds include amino-substituted materials. Suitable alkylamino-substituted silicone compounds include those represented by the following structure (II) CH3 R I I HO - [Si- 0] x [Si - 0] and - H (II) I I CH3 (CH2) 3 I NH I (CH2) 2 I NH2 where R is CH3 or OH, x and y are integers that depend on molecular weight, the average molecular weight is between about 5,000 and 10,000. This polymer is also known as "amodimet icona".

Suitable cationic silicone fluids include those represented by the formula (III) (Rl) aG3-a-Si- (-OSÍG2) n- (-OSiGb (Rx) 2_b) m-0-SiG3-a (l) (III) wherein G is selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, phenyl, OH, Ci-Cs alkyl and preferably methyl; a denotes 0 or an integer from 1 to 3 and preferably is equal to 0; b denotes 0 or 1 and preferably is equal to 1; the sum n + m is a number from 1 to 2,000 and preferably from 50 to 150, n is capable of denoting a number from 0 to 1,999 and preferably from 49 to 149 and m is capable of denoting an integer from 1 to 2,000 and preferably from 1 to 10; Rx is a monovalent radical of the formula CqH2qL wherein q is an integer from 2 to 8 and L is selected from the groups -N (R2) CH2-CH2-N (R2) 2 -N (R2) 2 -N ( R2) 3A_-N (R2) CH2-CH2-NR2H2A-wherein R2 is selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, phenyl, benzyl, a saturated hydrocarbon radical, preferably an alkyl radical containing from 1 to 20 carbon atoms and A ~ denotes a halide ion. An especially preferred amino-substituted silicone corresponding to formula (III) is the polymer known as "trimethylsilylamodimetone" of the formula (IV): CH3 OH I I (CH3) 3Si- O [Si- 0] n- [Si- 0] m- YES (CH3) 3 (IV) I I CH3 (CH2) 3 I NH I (CH2) 2 I NH2 In this formula n and m are selected depending on the exact molecular weight of the desired compound. Other amino-substituted silicone polymers that can be used are represented by the formula (V): R4CH2-CH0H-CH2-N + (R3) 3Q R3 I (CH3) 3Si- O - [Si- 0] r- [Si- 0] s- YES (CH3) 3 (V) I 'I R3 R3 wherein R3 denotes a monovalent hydrocarbon radical having from 1 to 18 carbon atoms, preferably an alkyl or alkenyl radical such as for example methyl; R4 denotes a hydrocarbon radical, preferably alkylene radical of Ci-Cis or an alkyleneoxy radical of Ci-Cis and more preferably of C? -C8; Q ~ is a halide ion, preferably chloride; r denotes an average statistical value of 2 to 20, preferably 2 to 8; s denotes an average statistical value of 20 to 200 and preferably 20 to 50. A preferred polymer of this class is available from Union Carbide under the name "UCAR SILICONE ALE 56". References that describe suitable dispersed, non-volatile silicone compounds include U.S. Patent No. 2,826,551 to Geen; U.S. Patent No. 3,964,500 to Drakoff, issued June 22, 1976; U.S. Patent No. 4,364,837 to Pader and British Patent No. 849,433 to Woolston, all of which are hereby incorporated by reference in their entirety. Also incorporated herein by reference in its entirety is the document "Silicon Compounds" distributed by Petrarch Systems, Inc., 1984. This reference provides a broad but non-limiting listing of suitable silicone compounds. Another non-volatile dispersed silicone that can be especially useful is silicone rubber. The term "silicone gum", as used herein, refers to a polyorganosiloxane material having a viscosity at 25 ° C greater than or equal to 1,000,000 centistokes. It is recognized that the silicone gums described herein can also have some overlap with the silicone compounds described above. This overlap is not intended to be a limitation of any of these materials. Silicone gums are described by Petrarch, and others including U.S. Patent No. 4,152,416 to Spitzer et al., Issued May 1, 1979 and Noli, Walter, Chemistry and Technology of Silicones, New York; Academic Press 1968. Silicone gums are also described in the General Electric SE 30, SE 33, SE 54 and SE 76 Silicone Rubber Product Data Sheets. All of these described references are incorporated herein by reference in their entirety. The "silicone gums" will typically have a mass molecular weight greater than about 200,000, generally between 200,000 and about 1,000,000. Specific examples include polydimethylsiloxane, copolymer of poly (dimethylsiloxane methyldvinylsiloxane), copolymer of poly (dimethylsiloxane diphenylsiloxane methylvinylsiloxane) and mixtures thereof. Also useful are silicone resins, which are highly cross-linked polymeric siloxane systems. Crosslinking is introduced through the incorporation of trifunctional and tetrafunctional silanes with monofunctional or difunctional silanes, or both, during the manufacture of the silicone resin. As is well understood in this field, the degree of crosslinking that is required in order to result in a silicone resin will vary according to the specific silane units that are incorporated in the silicone resin. In general, silicone materials having a sufficient level of trifunctional and tetrafunctional siloxane monomer units and, therefore, a sufficient level of crosslinking, so that they are dried to form a rigid or hard film, are considered as resins of silicone. The ratio of oxygen atoms to silicon atoms is indicative of the level of crosslinking in a particular silicone material. Silicone materials having at least about 1.1 oxygen atoms for each silicon atom in general will be siliceous resins herein. Preferably, the ratio between oxygen atoms: silicon is at least about 1.2: 1.0. The silanes used in the manufacture of silicone resins include monomethyl-, dimethyl-, trimethyl-, monophenyl-, diphenyl-, methylphenyl-, monovinyl- and methylavinylchloros and tetrachlorosilane, where the methyl-substituted syllables are the most they are commonly used. Preferred resins are offered by General Electric as GE SS4230 and SS4267. Commercially available silicone resins, in general, will be supplied in a form dissolved in a volatile or non-volatile silicone fluid of low viscosity. The silicone resins used herein should be supplied and incorporated into the compositions herein in dissolved form, as will be readily apparent to those skilled in the art. Without being limited by theory, it is considered that silicone resins can improve the deposition of other silicone compounds in hair and can improve the lustrousness of hair with high volumes of refractive index. Other useful silicone resins are the silicone resin powders as the material to which the CTFA designation of polymethyl silsesquixan is given, which are commercially available as Tospearl ™ from Toshiba Silicones. The method of manufacturing these silicone compounds can be found in Encyclopedia of Polymer Science and Engineeanillo, Volume 15, Second Edition, pp 204-308, John Wiley &; Sons, Inc., 1989, which is incorporated here as a reference in its entirety. Silicone materials and silicone resins, in particular, can be conveniently identified according to an abbreviated nomenclature system well known to those skilled in the art such as the "MDTQ" nomenclature. In this system, the silicone is described according to the presence of several monomeric siloxane units that form the silicone. In summary, the symbol M denotes the monofunctional unit (CH3) 3SiO) .5; D denotes the difunctional unit (CH3) 2Si0; T denotes the trifunctional unit (CH3) SiO) i .5; and Q denotes the quadri or tetrafunctional unit Si02. The prime signs in unit symbols for example, M ', D', T 'and Q' denote substituents other than methyl and must be specifically defined each time they are present. Typical alternating substituents include groups such as vinyl, phenyl, amino, hydroxyl, etc. The molar proportions of the various units, either in terms of subscripts for the symbols that indicate the total number of each type of unit in the silicone or an average thereof, or as specifically indicated proportions in combination with the molecular weight, complete the description of the silicone material with the MDTQ system. The high relative molar amounts of T, Q, T 'and / or Q' with respect to D, D 'M and / or M' in a silicone resin are indicative of high levels of crosslinking. As discussed above, the general level of crosslinking can also be indicated by the oxygen to silicon ratio. The silicone resins that are used here and are preferred are MQ, MT, MTQ, MDT and MDTQ resins. Therefore, the preferred silicone substituent is methyl. MQ resins are especially preferred wherein the M: Q ratio is between about 0.5: 1.0 and about 1.5: 1.0 and the average molecular weight of the resin is between about 1000 to about 10,000.

Nonionic Polymer The nonionic polymers useful herein include cellulose derivatives, hydrophobically modified cellulose derivatives, oxide polymers. ethylene and polymers with ethylene oxide / propylene oxide base. Suitable nonionic polymers are cellulose derivatives including methylcellulose under the tradename BENECEL, hydroxyethylcellulose under the tradename NATROSOL, hydroxypropyl cellulose under the tradename KLUCEL, cetyl hydroxyethyl cellulose under the tradename POLYSURF 67, all supplied by Herculus. Other suitable nonionic polymers are polymers based on ethylene oxide and / or propylene oxide under the tradenames CARBOWAX PEGs, POLYOX WASRs and UCON FLUIDS, all supplied by Amerchol.

Polyalkylene glycols These compounds are particularly useful for compositions that are designed to impart a feeling of softness and moisture to the hair. When present, the polyalkylene glycol is typically used at a level of from about 0.025% to about 1.5%, preferably from about 0.05% to about 1% and, more preferably, from about 0.1% to about 0.5% of the compositions. The polyalkylene glycols are characterized by the general formula: H (OCH CH) n - OH I R wherein R is selected from the group consisting of H, methyl and mixtures thereof. When R is H, these materials are polymers of ethylene oxide, which are also known as polyethylene oxides, polyoxyethylene and polyethylene glycols. When R is methyl, these materials are polymers of propylene oxide, which are also known as polypropylene oxides, polyoxypropylenes and polypropylene glycols. When R is methyl, it is also understood that the various positional isomers of the resulting polymers may exist. In the above structure, n has an average value of between about 1500 to about 25,000, preferably from about 2,500 to about 20,000 and more preferably from about 3,500 to about 15,000. The polyethylene glycols polymers useful herein are PEG-2M, wherein R is equal to H and n has an average value of about 2,000 (PEG-2M is also known as Polyox WSR® N-10, which is obtained from Union Carbide and as PEG-2,000); PEG-5M where R equals H and n has an average value of approximately 5,000 (PEG-5M is also known as Polyox WSR® N-35 and Polyox WSR® N-80, both are obtained from Union Carbide and as PEG- 5,000 and Polyethylene Glycol 3000,000); PEG-7M wherein R equals H and n has an average value of about 7,000 (PEG-7M is also known as Polyox WSR® N-750 available from Union Carbide); PEG-9M wherein R equals H and n is an average value of about 9,000 (PEG 9-M is also known as Polyox WSR® N-3333 which is obtained from Union Carbide); and PEG-14M wherein R equals H and n is an average value of about 14,000 (PEG-14M is also known as Polyox WSR® N-3000 available from Union Carbide). Other useful polymers include polypropylene glycols and mixtures of polyethylene / polypropylene glycols.

FIXING POLYMERS The compositions herein may include a fixing polymer. Fixing polymers useful herein are those which provide a hair styling and fixation benefit, including amphoteric fixative polymers, anionic fixative polymers, cationic fixative polymers, nonionic fixative polymers and silicone graft copolymers. The fixing polymers of this section can be distinguished from the polymers of the conditioning agent mentioned above and the polymers of the suspending agent as mentioned above in that they have a film-forming characteristic and in that 3% aqueous solution of the fixing polymers herein provides a viscosity of no more than about 2,000 cps.

Fixing polymers, when present, are preferably included at a level from about 0.01% to about 10% by weight of the composition. When two or more fixative polymers are used, each fixative polymer does not exceed about 5% by weight of the composition.

Amphoteric Fixative Polymer Amphoteric fixative polymers useful herein include betainized amphoteric fixative polymers as described in (1) and (2) below and non-betainized fixative polymers as described in (3) and (4) below.

Betainized Amphoteric Fixative Polymers (1) Presently useful are (meth) acrylate or betainized diaminoalkyl dialkyl amino (meth) acrylamide polymers containing at least units of the formula: Rl (I) - [CH2-C] - R3 COYR2N + -R4 I CH2 I wherein R1 denotes a hydrogen atom or a methyl group, R2 denotes an alkylene group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms, Y denotes O or -NH- and R3 and R4 independently denote hydrogen or alkyl having 1 to 4 carbon atoms, and a cationic derivative consisting of a cationic surfactant containing at least one nitrogen atom attached to one or more fatty chains and optionally quaternized, or consisting of a cationic polymer of the polyamine, polyaminopolyamide or poly- (quaternary ammonium) type, the amine or ammonium groups which are part of the polymer chain or which are attached thereto. These polymers usually have a molecular weight of 500 to 2,000,000. Amphoteric polymers containing units corresponding to formula (I) above are generally in the form of copolymers containing, in addition to the units of formula (I) mentioned above, at least units of the formula: Rl (II) I [CH2-C] - COOR5 wherein R1 is as defined above and R5 represents an alkyl or alkenyl radical having from 4 to 24 carbon atoms or a cycloalkyl radical having from 4 to 24 carbon atoms. It is also possible to use terpolymers, tetrapolymers or pentapolymers containing, in addition to units (I) and (II) defined in the above, units of the formula: Rl (III) I [CH2-C] - I COOR6 wherein R preferably denotes an alkyl or alkenyl group having 1 to 3 carbon atoms and R 1 is as defined above.

The units of the formula (I) are preferably present in an amount of 25 to 45% by weight, the units of the formula (II) are preferably present in an amount of 5 to 65% by weight, and the units of the formula (III) is preferably present in an amount of up to 50% by weight, based on the total weight of the polymer. A particularly preferred polymer is the copolymer containing units of the formulas (I), (II) and (III) wherein Y denotes an oxygen atom, R2 denotes the group -C2H4-, R1, R3 and R4 denote methyl, R5 denotes an alkyl group having from 4 to 18 carbon atoms and Rd denotes an alkyl group having from 1 to 3 carbon atoms. The average molecular weight of this polymer is preferably 50,000 to 100,000. This polymer is sold under the trade name "Yucaformer" or "Diaformer" supplied by Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation. (2) Betainized polymers containing switterionic units derived from the formula are useful herein: R2 R I I R1 - [- C-] x-N + - (CH2) y-COO "I I R3 R5 wherein R1 denotes a polymerizable unsaturated group, such as, for example, an acrylate, methacrylate, acrylamide or methacrylamide group, x and y independently represent an integer from 1 to 3, R2 and R3 independently represent hydrogen, methyl, ethyl; propyl, and R4 and R5 independently represent a hydrogen atom or an alkyl radical such that the sum of the carbon atoms in R4 and R5 does not exceed 10. The preferred ampheterized amphoteric polymers include commercially available material such as YUKAFORMER SM , YUKAFORMER FH, YUKAFORMER 301, YUKAFORMER 204WL, YUKAFORMER 510, YUKAFORMER M-75, YUKAFORMER R250S, Diaformer Z-SM, and Diaformer SW supplied by Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation.

Non-Betainized Amphoteric Fixative Polymers (3) Non-betainized amphoteric polymers resulting from the copolymerization of a vinyl monomer bearing at least one carboxyl group, such as, for example, acrylic acid, methacrylic acid, maleic acid, itaconic acid, are useful herein. , fumaric acid, crotonic acid or alpha-chloroacrylic acid and a basic monomer which is a substituted vinyl compound containing at least one basic nitrogen atom, such as, for example, dialkylaminoalkyl and methacrylamide methacrylates and acrylamides and dialkylaminoalkyl acrylamides. (4) Non-betainized amphoteric polymers containing units derived from i) at least one monomer selected from acrylamides or methacrylamides substituted on the nitrogen by an alkyl radical, ii) at least one acid comonomer containing one or more "reactive carboxyl groups, and iii) at least one basic comonomer, such as, for example, esters, with primary, secondary or tertiary amine substituents and quaternary ammonium substituents of acrylic and methacrylic acids and the product resulting from methacrylate quaternization of dimethylaminoethyl with dimethyl sulfate or diethyl.

The N-substituted acrylamides or methacrylamides which are particularly more preferred are the groups in which the alkyl radicals contain from 2 to 12 carbon atoms, especially N-ethylacrylamide,. N-tert-butylacrylamide, N-tert-octylamide, N-octylacrylamide, N-deci lacrylamide and N-dodecyl acrylamide and also the corresponding methacrylamides. The acidic comonomers are selected more particularly from acrylic, methacrylic, crotonic, itaconic, maleic and fumaric acids and also the alkyl monoesters of maleic acid or fumaric acid in which the alkyl has from 1 to 4 carbon atoms. The preferred basic comonomers are aminoethyl, butylaminoetyl; N, N '-dimethylaminoetyl and N-tert-butylaminoethyl methacrylates. Most preferred non-betainized amphoteric polymers include commercially available material such as copolymers of octylacrylamide methacrylate / acrylates / butylaminoetyl copolymers under the tradenames AMPHOMER, AMPHOMER SH401, AMPHOMER 28-4910, AMPHOMER LV71 and AMPHOMER LV47 supplied by National Starch & Chemical.

Cationic Fixative Polymer The cationic fixative polymers useful herein are: (1) Vinylpyrrolidone / quaternized dialkylaminoalkyl acrylate or methacrylate copolymers such as those sold under the tradename Gafquat 734 and 755N by the Gaf Corp. (2) Derivatives of cellulose ether containing quaternary ammonium groups. (3) Cationic polysaccharides. (4) Cationic polymers selected from the group comprising: i) polymers containing units of the formula: -A-Z ^ A-Z2- (I wherein A denotes a radical containing two amino groups, preferably a piperazinyl radical, and Z1 and Z independently denote a divalent radical which is a straight-chain or branched-chain alkylene radical containing up to about 7 carbon atoms in the main chain, is substituted or unsubstituted by one or more hydroxyl groups and may also contain one or more oxygen, nitrogen and sulfur atoms and from 1 to 3 aromatic and / or heterocyclic rings, the oxygen, nitrogen and sulfur atoms in general are present in the form of an ether or thioether, sulfoxide, sulfone; sulfonium, amine, alkylamine, alkenylamine, benzylamine, amine oxide, quaternary ammonium, amide, imide, alcohol; ester and / or urethane group; ii) polymers containing units of the formula: -A-Z '-A-Z' (II) wherein A denotes a radical containing two amino groups, preferably a piperazinyl radical, and Z 'denotes the symbol Z3 and Z4 while denoting the symbol Z4 at least once; Z3 denotes a divalent radical which is a straight chain or branched chain alkylene or hydroxyalkylene radical having up to about 7 carbon atoms in the main chain, and Z4 is a divalent radical which is a straight chain or branched chain alkylene radical which tiller up to about 7 carbon atoms in the main chain, is substituted or unsubstituted by one or more hydroxyl radicals and is interrupted by one or more nitrogen atoms, the nitrogen atom is replaced by an alkyl chain having 1 to 4 carbon atoms, preferably 4 carbon atoms, which is optionally interrupted by an oxygen atom and optionally contains one or more hydroxyl groups; and iii) the alkylation products, with alkyl and benzyl halides of 1 to 6 carbon atoms, tosylates or alkyl mesylates and the oxidation products of the polymers of the formulas (I) and (II) indicated in the above in i) and ü) - (5) Polyamino-polyamides prepared by the polycondensation of an acid compound with a polyamine. The acidic compound may be inorganic dicarboxylic acids, aliphatic monocarboxylic and dicarboxylic acids containing a double bond, esters of the acids mentioned above, preferably esters with lower alkanols having from 1 to 6 carbon atoms, and mixtures thereof. same. The polyamine is a bis-primary or mono- or bis-secondary polyalkylene-polyamine wherein up to 40 mol% of this polyamine can be a bis-primary amine, preferably ethylene diamine, or a bis-secondary amine, preferably piperazine and up to 20% molar can be hexamethylenediamine. (6) The polyamino-polyamines mentioned in the above can be alkylated and / or crosslinked. The alkylation can be carried out with glycidol, glycidol oxide, propylene oxide or acrylamide. The crosslinking is carried out by means of a crosslinking agent such as: i) epihalogenhydrins, diepoxides, dianhydrides, unsaturated anhydrides and bis-saturated derivatives, in proportions of 0.025 to 0.35 mol of crosslinking agent per amine group of the polyamino-polyamine; ii) bis-halogenohydrins, bis-azetidium compounds, bis-halogen acyldiamines and bis- (alkyl halides); iii) oligomers obtained by reacting a compound selected from the group comprising bis-halogenhydrins, bis-azet idinium compounds, halogenalkyl diamines, bis- (alkyl halides); epihalogenohydrins, diepoxides and bis-unsaturated derivatives, with another compound which is a difunctional compound which is a reagent that is directed to the compound; and iv) the quaternization product of a compound selected from compounds ii) and oligomers iii) and containing one or more tertiary amine groups that can be alkylated in whole or in part with an alkylating agent, preferably selected from chlorides, bromides , methyl, ethyl, chloride or benzyl bromide, iodides, sulfates, mesylates and tosylates, ethylene oxide, propylene oxide and glycidol, the crosslinking is carried out by means of 0.025 to 0.35 mol, in particular 0.025 to 0.2 mol and more particularly from 0.025 to 0.1 mol, of crosslinking agent per amine group of the polyamino-polyamide. (7) The polyamino-polyamide derivatives that result from the condensation of a polyalkylene polyamine with a polycarboxylic acid, followed by the alkylation by means of difunctional agents, such as, for example, the adipic acid / dialkylaminohydroxyalkyl dialkylenetriamine copolymers in the wherein the alkyl radical contains from 1 to 4 carbon atoms and preferably denotes methyl, ethyl or propyl. Useful polymers are copolymers of adipic acid / dimethylaminohydroxypropyl 1-diet ileum riamine sold under the name Cartaretine F, F or F by SANDOZ. (8) The polymers obtained by reacting polyalkylene polyamine containing two groups of primary amine and at least one secondary amine group, with a dicarboxylic acid selected from diglycolic acid and saturated aliphatic dicarboxylic acids having from 3 to 8 carbon atoms, molar ratio of the polyalkylene polyamine to the dicarboxylic acid which is from 0.8: 1 to 1.4: 1, and the resulting polyamide which is reacted with epichlorohydrin in a molar ratio of epichlorohydrin to the secondary amine groups of the polyamide from 0.5: 1 to 1.8: 1. Useful polymers are those sold under the name HERCOSETT 57 by Hercules Incorporated, and one sold under the name PD 170 or DELSETTE 101 by Hercules. (9) In general, cyclic polymers having a molecular weight of 20,000 to 3,000,000 such as for example homopolymers containing, as the main constituent of the chain, units corresponding to formula (III) or (III ') (CH2) p (III) / \ (CH2) tR "C CR" -CH2- H2C CH2 N + / \ R (CH2) p (III ') / \ (CH2) fc-R "C CR" -CH2- H2C CH2 \ / N R in which p and t are 0 or 1, and p + t = 1, R "denotes hydrogen or methyl, R and R 'independently denote an alkyl group having from 1 to 22 carbon atoms, a hydroxyalkyl group in which the alkyl group preferably has from 1 to 5 carbon atoms, or a lower amidoalkyl group, and R and R 'may denote, together with the nitrogen atom to which they are attached, heterocyclic groups such as piperidinyl or morpholinyl and Y is bromide , chloride, acetate, borate, citrate, tartrate, bisulfate, bisulphite, sulfate or phosphate The copolymers containing units of the formula III and III 'may also contain units derived from acrylamide or from diacetone acrylamide, among the quaternary ammonium polymers of the type defined in the foregoing, those which are preferred are the homopolymer of dimethyldiallylammonium chloride sold under the name MERQUAT 100 and having a molecular weight of less than 100,000 and the chloride / acrylamide copolymer of dimethyldiallylamine Onium which has a molecular weight no greater than 500,000 and is sold under the name MERQUAT 550 by CALGON Corporation. (10) Poly- (quaternary ammonium) compounds of the formula Rl R3 [-N + A N + B-] n- 2X "(IV) i i R2 R4 wherein R1, R2, R3 and R4 are independently aliphatic, alicyclic or arylaliphatic radicals containing a maximum of 20 carbon atoms, or lower hydroxyaliphatic radicals, or alternatively, with the nitrogen atoms to which they are attached, heterocyclic rings optionally containing a second heteroatom other than nitrogen, or alternatively R1, R2, R3 and R represent a group CH2CHR 'R' wherein R 'denotes hydrogen or lower alkyl and R'4 denotes SO, CN, CON (R'6) 2, COOR '5, COR'5, COOR'7D or CONHR'A; R'5 denotes lower alkyl, R'5 denotes hydrogen or lower alkyl, R'7 denotes alkylene and D denotes a quaternary ammonium group; A and B independently represent a polymethylene group containing from 2 to 20 carbon atoms, which may be straight or branched, saturated or unsaturated and may contain, inserted in the main chain one or more -CH2-Y-CH2- groups wherein Y denotes benzene, oxygen, sulfur, SO, S02, SS NR N + (R '02XJ CHOH, NHCONH, CONR, or COO; X. 1 - denotes an anion derived from a mineral or organic acid, R'8 denotes hydrogen or lower alkyl and R denotes lower alkyl, alternatively A and R and R form a piperazine ring with the two nitrogen atoms to which they are attached. United. If A denotes an alkylene or hydroxyalkylene radical, saturated or unsaturated, straight or branched, B can also denote a group: (CH2) n-CO-D-OC- (CH2) n_; wherein n is selected such that the molecular weight is generally between 1,000 and 100,000; and D denotes: i) a glycol radical of the formula -OZO-, in which Z denotes a straight or branched hydrocarbon radical or a group corresponding to the formulas: - [CH2-CH2-0] x-CH2-CH2- or [CH2-C (CH3) HO-] and -CH2-C (CH3) H- where x and y denote an integer from 1 to 4, which represents a determined and unique degree of polymerization; ii) a bis-secondary diamine radical, such as, for example, a piperazine derivative; iii) a bis-primary diamine radical of the formula: -N-H-Y-NH-, in which Y denotes a straight or branched hydrocarbon radical or the divalent radical -CH 2 -CH 2 -S-S-CH 2 -CH 2 -; or iv) a ureylene group of the formula -N-H-CO-NH-. (11) Homopolymers of copolymers derived from acrylic or methacrylic acid and containing at least one unit: Rl Rl Rl ' CH2 - (V / \ 1 1 R5 R6 R3 X "R3 X wherein R1 is H or CH3, A is a straight or branched alkyl group having from 1 to 6 carbon atoms or a hydroxyalkyl group having from 1 to 4 carbon atoms, R2, R3 and R4 independently denote an alkyl group which has from 1 to 18 carbon atoms or a benzyl group, R5 and R6 denote H or alkyl having 1 to 6 carbon atoms and X denotes methosulfate or halide, such as for example chloride or bromide. The comonomer or comonomers that can be used typically belong to those of the family comprising: acrylamide, methacrylamide, diacetone-acrylamide, acrylamide and methacrylamide substituted on the nitrogen by one or more alkyls, alkyl esters of acrylic and methacrylic acids, vinylpyrrolidone and vinylesters.

Useful polymers are Quaternium 38, 37, 49 and 42 in the CTFA, copolymers of acrylamide / beta-methacryloyloxyethyltrimethylammonium methosulfate sold under the tradenames Teten 205, 210, 220 and 240 by Hercules, and aminoethacrylate phosphate copolymer / acrylate sold under the catrex name by National Starch & Chemicals and crosslinked grafted cationic copolymers having a molecular weight of 10,000 to 1,000,000, and preferably 15,000 to 500,000, and resulting from the copolymerization of: at least one cosmetic monomer, dimethylaminoethyl methacrylate, polyethylene glycol and a polyunsaturated crosslinking agent , such as those mentioned in the CTFA Dictionary with the name of AMODIMETHICONE, such as the product marketed as a mixture with other ingredients with the name cationic emulsion DOW CORNING 929. (12) Other cationic polymers that can be used are the polyalkyleneimines, in particular polyethyleneimines, polymers containing vinylpyridine units or vinylpyridinium units in the chain, condensates of polyamine and epichlorohydrin, poly- (quaternary ureylenes) and chitin derivatives.

Highly preferred cationic fixative polymers include commercially available material, such as Polyquaternium 4 under the tradenames CELQUAT H100 and CELQUAT L200 supplied by National Starch & Chemicals and Polyquaternium 11 under the trade name GAFQUAT 755N supplied by ISP.

Anionic Fixative Polymer Anionic fixative polymers useful in > the present include polymers containing units derived from carboxylic, sulfonic or phosphoric acid and usually have a molecular weight of 500 to 5,000,000. These polymers are water soluble polymers, it being possible for this solubility to be obtained by neutralization. The carboxylic acid groups can be provided by unsaturated monocarboxylic or dicarboxylic acids, such as those corresponding to the formula: Rl (A) n- -COOH \ / C = = C / \ R2 R3 where n is 0 or an integer from 1 to 10, A denotes a methylene group optionally attached to the carbon atom of the saturated group, or to the methylene group adjacent in the case where n is greater than 1, by a heteroatom, such as for example, oxygen or sulfur, R 1 denotes a hydrogen atom or a phenyl or benzyl group, R 2 denotes a hydrogen atom, a lower alkyl group or a carboxyl group and R3 denotes a hydrogen atom, a lower alkyl group, CH2C00H, or a phenyl or benzyl group. According to the invention, the preferred polymers containing carboxylic acid groups are: (1) Homopolymers or copolymers of acrylic or methacrylic acid or salts thereof, and in particular, the products sold under the name VERSICOL E or K, and ULTRAHOLD of BASF and with the name DARVAN No. 7 of Van der Bilt; acrylic acid / acrylamide copolymers sold in the form of their sodium salts with the name RETEN 421, 423 or 425 of HERCULES; and the sodium salts of polyhydroxivarboxylic acids, sold under the name HYDAGEN F of HENKEL. (2) Copolymers of acrylic or methacrylic acid with a monethylene monomer, such as ethylene, styrene, a vinyl or allyl ester or ester of acrylic or methacrylic acid, optionally grafted onto a polyalkylene glycol, such as polyethylene glycol and optionally crosslinked. Other copolymers contain an N-alkylated and / or N-hydroxylated acrylamide unit optionally in its chain, such as those sold under the name QUADRAMER 5 by American Cyanamid. (3) Copolymers derived from crotonic acid, such as those containing, in their chain, units of vinyl acetate or propionate and optionally other monomers such as allyl of metalylesters, a vinyl ether or a vinylester of a straight or saturated carboxylic acid, saturated with a hydrocarbon chain of at least 5 carbon atoms, if appropriate, to stop these polymers that will be grafted or cross-linked, or also a vinyl, allyl or methallylester of an α- or β-cyclic carboxylic acid. This class includes those with the name RESYN 28-2930, 28-2913 and 28-1310 sold by National Starch &; Chemicals (4) Polymers derived from maleic, phenatic and itaconic acid or anhydrides with vinyl esters, vinyl ethers, vinyl halides, phenyl vinyl derivatives, acrylic acid or their esters, such as those sold under the name GANTREZ A, SP, and ES by ISP. Other polymers included in this case are copolymers of maleic, citraconic and itaconic anhydrides with an allyl or methallyl ester optionally containing an acrylamido or methacrylamido group, or with an acrylic or methacrylic acid ester of α-olefin, acrylic or methacrylic acid or unidd. of vinylpyrrolidone in its chain; the anhydride groups can be monoesterified or monoamidified. (5) Polyacrylamides containing carboxylate groups. Polymers comprising sulphonic groups include polymers containing vinyl sulphonic units, are ionic, ionic, or naphthalene sulphonic units. These polymers are selected, in particular from: i) Salts of polyvinylsulfonic acid having a molecular weight of 1,000 to 100,000 and also copolymers with an unsaturated comonomer, such as acrylic or methacrylic acid or an ester thereof and also substituted acrylamide or methacrylamide or unsubstituted, vinyl teres, vinyl ethers and vinylpyrrolidone. ii) Salts of the polyesterenesulfonic acid, such as the sodium salt sold by National Starch & Chemicals with the name Flexan 500 and 130. iii) Alkali metal or alkaline earth metal salts of sulphonic acids derived from lignin; and more particularly calcium lignosulfonates or sodium lignosulfonates, such as the product sold under the name Marasperse C-21 by American Can Co. and the products of C? 0 to C? sold by Avebene. iv) Polymers containing salified alkylnaphthalenesulfonic acid units, such as the sodium salt with the name Darvan No. 1 by Van der Bilt. The anionic hair fixative polymers herein include anionic monomers preferably used in at least one partially neutralized form to aid in the shampoo removal ability of the liquid hair cosmetic compositions. In the compositions, the neutralization of a polymer can be achieved by the use of an inorganic base, preferably KOH. However, the organic base, preferably AMP (amino methyl propanol) and the mixture of an organic and inorganic base can be used to effect the desired level of neutralization in hair styling compositions. In total from about 50% to about 100%, preferably from about 70% to about 100%, most preferably from about 80% to about 100% of the acidic monomers of each polymer used must be neutralized with the base. Any conventionally used base, organic or inorganic, can be used for the neutralization of acidic polymers with the condition that they are used as specified herein. The hydroxides of alkali, alkaline earth metals and amino alcohols are suitable neutralizers. Examples of suitable organic neutralizing agents that may be included in the compositions of the present invention include amines, especially amino alcohols such as 2-amino-2-methyl-1,3-propanediol (AMPD), 2-amino-2et 1 - 1, 3-propanediol (AEPD), 2-amino-2-methyl-1-propanol (AMP), 2-amino-1-butanol (AB), monoethanolamine (MEA), diethanolamine (DEA), triethanolamine (TEA) ), monoisopropanolamine (MIPA), diisopropanolamine (DIPA), triisopropanolamine (TIPA), dimethyl stearamine (DMS) and amino methyl propanol (AMP) and mixtures thereof. Preferred neutralizing agents for use in the hair care compositions of the present invention are potassium and sodium hydroxides. Highly preferred anionic fixing polymers include commercially available material such as vinyl acetate / crotonic acid / vinyl neodecanoate copolymers and vinyl acetate / crotonic acid copolymers under the tradenames RESYN 28-2930, RESYN 28-2913 AND RESYN 28-1310 supplied by National Starch & Chemicals, and copolymers of acrylates and acrylate / acrylamide copolymers under the trade names LUVIMER 100P, ULTRAHOLD 8, and ULTRAHOLD STRONG supplied by BASF Corporation.

Nonionic Fixing Polymers The nonionic fixing polymers useful herein are homopolymers of vinylpyrrolidone or vinylcaprolactone and copolymers of vinylpyrrolidone with vinylacetate such as those with the trade names LUVISKOL K grades and LUVISKOL VA grades supplied by BASF Corporation.

Silicone-Grafted Copolymers Silicone-grafted polymers useful herein include those having a polymeric vinyl structure (monomers A and B), and a polydimethylsiloxane macromer (macromer C) having an average molecular weight of about 1,000 is grafted to this structure. to approximately 50,000. Preferably, these copolymers contain from about 50.0% to about 99.9% of the combination of monomers A and B, and from about 0.1% to about 50.0% of the macromer C, wherein A is a radically polymerizable vinyl monomer free of low polarity , such as methacrylic esters or acrylics; B is a polar hydrophilic monomer which is copolymerizable with A, such as acrylic acid, N, N-dimethylacrylamide, dimethylaminoetylmethacrylate, diallyldimethylammonium chloride, vinylpyrrolidone, or quaternized dimethylaminoethylmethacrylate; and C is a silicone-containing macromer having a weight average molecular weight of from about 1,000 to about 50,000, based on polydimethylsiloxane. Preferred silicone-grafted copolymers are those having a Tg pro above about -20 ° C and a molecular weight of about 10,000 to about 1,000,000. Suitable silicone-grafted copolymers herein include those listed in the following wherein the numbers indicate the weight ratio of monomers and macromers in the copolymer, the silicone macromer SI is a dimethylpolysiloxane having a molecular weight of about 20,000 and the S2 silicone macromer is a dimethylpolysiloxane having a molecular weight of about 10,000. 1) 20/63/17 S2 macromer of acrylic acid / t-butyl methacrylate / silicone, having a copolymer molecular weight of about 10,000, 10) 10/70/20 S2 macromer of dimethyl acrylamide / isobutyl methacrylate ilo / silicon, which has a copolymer molecular weight of about 400,000 3) 60/20/20 dialkyldimethyl ammonium methacrylate S2 macromer / isobutyl methacrylate / silicone, having a molecular weight of about 500,000 copolymer 4) 40 / 40/20 Myromer SI of acrylic / methacrylated methyl / silicone acid, having a molecular weight of the copolymer of about 400, 000 5) 10/70/20 SI macromer of acrylic acid / t-butyl methacrylate / silicone, having a molecular weight of the copolymer of about 300, 000 6) 25/65/10 S2 macromer of acrylic acid / isopropyl methacrylate / silicone, having a molecular weight of the copolymer of about 200, 000 7) 60/25/15 macromer SI of N, N'-dimethylacrylamide / m methoxyethyl ilo / s ilicone ethacrylate, having a molecular weight of the copolymer of about 200,000 8) 12/64/20 SI, N, N'-dimethylacrylamide / isobutyl methacrylate / silicone macromer, having a molecular weight of the copolymer of about 300,000 9) 30/40/20 SI, N, N'-dimethylacrylamide / methacrylate macromer. of isobutyl / methacrylate or 2-ethylhexyl / siliceous, having a copolymer molecular weight of about 300,000 10) 80/20 S2 5-butyl acrylate / silicone macromer, having a copolymer molecular weight of about 150,000 DISPERSION PARTICLE In another aspect of the present invention, the hair care composition of the present invention comprises a dispersion particle having an average particle size of at least about 0.03μm, preferably, from about 0.03μm to about 50μm, more preferably, from about O.Olμm to about 50μm. The dispersion particle may be any compound that is compatible, stable and safe for use in a hair care composition, while complying with the required particle size as set forth above. The size of the particles is selected in such a way as to provide a multiple and effective light scattering, thereby prolonging the path of the radiation by UV light. Thus; these dispersion particles improve the UV light absorbance of the optical brighteners. The hair care compositions comprise a combination of optical brighteners and the dispersion particles provide protection against effective UV light. Preferably, the dispersion particles of the present invention are included at a level from about 0.01% to about 20%, more preferably, from about 0.05% to about 15% of the hair care composition. The dispersion particles useful herein include silicones, oils, antimicrobial agents, suspending agents, crystallines, metal oxides and mixtures thereof. It is understood by those skilled in the art that these compounds can provide not only UV light scattering benefits, but also other benefits due to the characteristic of the compound. For example, silicones and oils can provide conditioning benefits for the hair, and metal oxides can provide aesthetic benefits.

Silicone Dispersion Particles The silicone dispersion particles useful herein include any silicone compound as described above in the section for the conditioning agent, provided it has the required particle size. The commercially available silicone dispersion particles hereof include SM2169 Silicone Emulsion available from GE having an average particle size of about 0.25μm, SE76 Silicone Mixture available from GE having an average particle size of about 15μm, silicone emulsion X65-4829 available from Toshiba Silicone having an average particle size of about 0.5μm, and 15/85 Shinetsu available Silicone mixture having an average particle size from about 10μm to about 30μm.

Oil Dispersion Particles Oil dispersion particles useful herein include those having a melting point no greater than about 25 ° C and having the required particle size. The oils can be volatile or non-volatile. Some oils can be compounds equal to those described in the above in the section for conditioning agents.

Useful oils herein include fatty acids, fatty acid derivatives and hydrocarbons. Fatty acids useful herein include those having from about 10 to about 30 carbon atoms, preferably from about 12 to about 22 carbon atoms, and more preferably from about 16 to about 22 carbon atoms. These fatty acids can be straight or branched chain acids and can be saturated or unsaturated. Suitable fatty acids include, for example, oleic acid, linoleic acid, isostearic acid, linolenic acid, ethyl linolenic acid, ethyl linolenic acid, arachidonic acid and recinolic acid. The fatty acid derivatives include, for example, methyl linoleate, ethyl linoleate, isopropyl linoleate, isodecyl oleate, isopropyl oleate, ethyl oleate, octyldodecyl oleate, oleyl oleate, decyl oleate, butyl oleate, methyl oleate, octyldodecyl stearate, octyldodecyl isostearate; octyldodecyl isopalmitate, octyl sopelargonate, octyl pelargonate, hexyl isostearate, isopropyl isostearate, isodecyl isononanoate, 01eth-2, pentaerythritol tetraoleate, pentaerythritol trioleate, tetraisoes pentaerythritol thioleate trimethopropane thiolleate and trimethylolpropane triisostearate. Hydrocarbons useful herein include straight chain, cyclic and branched chain hydrocarbons which may be either saturated or unsaturated. These hydrocarbons have from about 12 to about 40 carbon atoms, preferably from about 12 to about 30 carbon atoms and preferably from about 12 to about 22 carbon atoms. Polymeric hydrocarbons of alkenyl monomers, such as C2-6 monomer polymers, are also encompassed herein. These polymers may be straight or branched chain polymers. Straight chain polymers will typically be relatively short in length, having a total number of carbon atoms as described above. The branched chain polymers may have substantially larger chain lengths. The numerical average molecular weight of these materials can vary widely, but will typically be up to about 500, preferably, from about 200 to about 400, and most preferably, from about 300 to about 350. Various are also useful herein. grades of mineral oils. Mineral oils are liquid mixtures of hydrocarbons that are obtained from petroleum. Specific examples of suitable hydrocarbon materials include paraffin oil, mineral oil, dodecane, isododecane, hexadecane, isohexadecane, eicosene, isoeicosene, tridecane, tetradecane, polybutene, polyisobutene, and mixtures thereof: The selected hydrocarbons are preferred for use herein. of the group consisting of mineral oil, isododecane, soyaxadene, polybutene, polyisobutene and mixtures thereof. Commercially available oil dispersion particles, suitable herein, include mineral oil obtained from Amerchol having an average particle size from about 1 μm to about 10 μm.

Dispersion Particle of the Antimicrobial Agent Dispersion particles of the antimicrobial agent useful herein include pyridinethione salts such as zinc, tin, caminium, magnesium, aluminum and zirconium l-hydroxy-2-pyridinethion salts; selenium sulfur, sulfur, octopirox and propyl paraben. Dispersion particles of the antimicrobial agent, commercially available, suitable herein, include zinc pyridinethione available from Olin having an average particle size of 5 μm.

Crystalline Suspension Agent Dispersion Particulate The dispersion particles of the crystalline suspension agent herein include acyl derivatives, alkanol fatty acid amides, and N, N-dihydrocarbyl benzoic acid and soluble salts thereof. Acyl derivatives useful herein include ethylene glycol stearates, both mono and distearate, long chain amine oxides such as alkyl (C6- C22) dimethyl amine oxides, for example, stearyl dimethyl amine oxide and mixtures thereof. Same: When used in shampoo compositions, these preferred suspending agents occur in the composition in crystalline form. These suspending agents are described in U.S. Patent 4,741,855. The fatty acid alkanol amides useful herein include those having from about 16 to about 22 carbon atoms, more preferably, from about 16 to 18 carbon atoms, preferred examples of which include stearic monoethanolamide, cocomonoet anolamide, diethanolamide stearic, stearic monoisopropanolamide and stearic monoethanolamide stearate. The N, N-dihydrocarbyl benzoic acid and the soluble salts thereof useful herein include sodium and potassium salts of N, N-di (hydrogenated), ds and tallow amido benzoic acid. Commercially available crystalline slurry dispersion particles, suitable herein, include ethylene glycol distearate with the trade names EGDS available from Th. Goldschmidt AG having an average particle size of about 10 μm.

Metal Oxide Dispersion Particulate Metal oxide dispersion particles, useful herein include titanium dioxide, zinc oxide, chromium oxide, cobalt oxide, tin oxides, silicates and alloy compounds thereof, micas, Titanated micas and clays such as montmorillonite, zeolite, beidelite, nontronite, saponite, vermiculite, kaolinite and bentonite. The commercially available metal oxide dispersion particles suitable herein include mica titanated with the trade name TimironMP-1005 available from Merck having an average particle size of approximately 15μm, and montmorillonite under the trade name Southern Clay available of Gelwheet having an average particle size from about 1 to about 10 μm.

CARRIER The compositions herein can include a carrier. The level and species of the carrier are selected according to the desired compatibility and characteristic of the product. For example, a high percentage of volatile low boiling solvents and / or propellants are suitably used for the proposed product forms to be left on the hair. On the other hand, aqueous solutions of volatile and non-volatile solvents are suitably used for the proposed product forms to be removed by rinsing the hair after washing or treating the hair with the product. The carrier useful in the present invention includes volatile solvents, non-volatile solvents, propellants and mixtures thereof. Volatile solvents useful herein include water, lower alkyl alcohols having from 1 to 3 carbons, and hydrocarbons having from about 5 to about 8 carbons. The preferred volatile solvents are water, ethanol, isopropanol, pentane, hexane and heptane. Useful water herein includes deionized water and water from natural sources containing mineral cations. Deionized water is preferred. The non-volatile solvents useful herein include alkyl alcohols having more than 3 carbons and polyhydric alcohols. Polyhydric alcohols useful herein include 1,2-propane diol or propylene glycol, 1,3-propane diol, hexylene glycol, glycerin, diethylene glycol, dipropylene glycol, 1,2-butylene glycol and 1,4-butylene glycol. Propellants for mousse and spray product forms can be used. The propellants, when used in the present invention, are selected depending on variables such as the rest of the components, the package, and whether the product is intended to be used vertically or inverted. Propellants useful herein include fluorohydrocarbons such as difluoroethane 152a available from DuPont, dimethyl ether and hydrocarbons such as propane, isobutane, n-butane, hydrocarbon mixtures such as LPG (liquid petroleum gas), carbon dioxide, nitrous oxide, nitrogen and compressed air.

ADDITIONAL COMPONENTS The compositions of the present invention can include a variety of additional components, which can be selected by the technician according to the desired characteristics of the final product. The additional components They include, for example, polyvalent metal cations, suspending agents and other additional components.

Polyvalent Metal Cations Suitable polyvalent metal cations include divalent and trivalent metals, divalent metals are preferred. The metal cations include enzymatic alkaline earth metals such as magnesium, calcium, zinc and copper and trivalent metals such as aluminum and iron. Calcium and magnesium are preferred. The polyvalent metal cation can be added as an inorganic salt, organic salt or as a hydroxide. The polyvalent metal cation can also be added as a salt with anionic surfactants, as mentioned above. Preferably, the polyvalent metal cation is introduced as an inorganic salt or organic salt. Inorganic salts include chloride, bromide, iodine, nitrate or sulfate, most preferably chloride or sulfate. Organic salts include L-glutamate, lactate, malate, succinate, acetate, fumarate, L-glutamic acid hydrochloride and tartarate. It will be clear to those skilled in the art that, if polyvalent salts of the anionic surfactant are used as the way to introduce the polyvalent metal cations therein, only a fraction of the anionic surfactant can be polyvalent, the rest of the anionic surfactant is added necessarily in monovalent form. The hardness of the conditioning shampoo compositions can be measured by standard methods in the art, such as by titration of ethylene diamine tet ra-acetic acid (EDTA). In the event that the composition contains dyes or other coloring materials that interfere with the ability of the EDTA titration to produce a perceptible color change, the hardness should be determined for the composition in the absence of the dye or color that interferes.

Other Additional Components A wide variety of other additional components can be formulated in the compositions herein. These include: other conditioning agents such as, for example, hydrolyzed collagen with the trade name Peptein 2000 available from Hormel, vitamin E under the trade name Emix-d available from Eisai, panthenol available from Roche, pantenyl ethyl ether available from Roche, hydrolyzed keratin, proteins, plant extracts and nutrients; emulsifying surfactants to disperse the water insoluble components in the carrier; preservatives such as, for example, benzyl alcohol, methyl paraben, propyl paraben and imidalidinyl urea; pH adjusting agents, such as, for example, citric acid, sodium citrate, succinic acid; phosphoric acid, sodium hydroxide, sodium carbonate; salts, in general, such as, for example, potassium acetate and sodium chloride; coloring agents, such as for example, any of the dyes FD &C or D &C; hair oxidizing agents (bleaching agents), such as, for example, hydrogen peroxide, perborate and persulfate salts; hair reducing agents, such as, for example, thioglycollates; perfumes; and sequestering agents, such as, for example, disodium ethylenediamine tetraacetate; ultraviolet and infrared light filtering and absorbing agents, such as, for example, octylsalicylate. These optional ingredients are generally used individually at levels of from about 0.001% to about 10.0%, preferably, from about 0.01% to about 5.0% by weight of the composition.

EXAMPLES The following examples further describe and demonstrate the embodiments within the scope of the present invention. The examples are provided solely for the purposes of illustration and should not be construed as limitations of the present invention insofar as many variations thereof are possible without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention. The ingredients are identified by the chemical name or that given by the CTFA or otherwise defined in the following.

Compositions Definitions Disodium-1,4-bis (2-sulphotrisyl) biphenyl: TINOPAL CBS-X obtained from Ciba Geigy. 4,4 '-bis [(4-anilino-6-bis (2-hydroxyethyl) -amino-1,3,5-triazin-2-yl) amino] stilbene-2, 2'-disulfonic acid: TINOPAL UNPA- GX obtained from Ciba Geigy * 3 4, 4 '-bis (5-meth i l oxazol-2-yl) stilbene: 4,4'-bis (5-methylbenzoxazol-2-yl) stilbene available from TCI * 4 2, 4-dimethoxy-6- (1'-pyrenyl) -1, 3, 5-triazine: 2,4-dimethoxy-6- (1-pyrenyl) -1, 3, 5-triazine available from Ciba Geigy .

Mineral oil (1-10 μm): Mineral oil (0-10 μm) available from Amerchol. Silicone emulsion (0.25 μm): SM2169 available from G.E. Silicone mixture (15 μm): SE76 available from G.E. Ethylene glycol distearate (10 μm): EGDS available from Th. Goldschmidt AG * g Mica Titanate (15 μm): Timiron MP-1005 available from Merck. * 10 Zinc pyridinone (5 μm): Zinc pyridintion (5 μm) available from Olin. * 11 Montmorillonite (1 ~ 10 μm): Southern Clay available from Gelwhite. * 12 N-acyl-L-glut amato Triethanolamine: CT12S available from Ajinomoto. * 13 Lauroil Sarcosinate Sodium: Soypon available from Kawaken Fine Chem. * 14 Laureth-20: available from Nikko. * 15 Cocamidopropi lbetaine: Tegobetain available from Th. Golschmidt AG. * 16 Alkyl polyglucoside: Plantacare 2000UP available from Henkel. 17 Polyquaternium-10: UCARE Polymer LR 400 available from Amerchol. * 18 Silicone emulsion (0.5 μm): X65-4829 available from Tosil / GE. * 19 15/85 Silicone Blend (10-30 μm): available from Shinet su. * 20 Hydrolyzed Collagen: Peptein 2000 available from Hormel * 21 Vitamin E: Emix-d available from Eisai. * 22 Panthenol: available from Roche. * 23 Pantenil Ethyl Ether: available from Roche. ** 2244 Aminomet ilpropanol: AMP-regular available from Angus. * 25 Behenyl Alcohol: 1-Docosanol (97%) available from Wako. * 26 Carbomer: Carbopol 980 available from BF Goodrich. * 27 Cetyl Alcohol: Konol series available from Shiniton Rika. * 28 Cetyl Hydroxyethyl Cellulose: Polysurf 67 available from Aqualon. * 29 Citric Acid: Anhydrous Citric acid available from Haarman & Reimer * 30 L-glutamic acid: L-Glutamic acid (cosmetic grade) available from Ajinomoto. * 31 Octyl Methoxycinnamate: Octyl Methoxycinnamate available from ISP. * 32 Pentaerythritol Tetraisoest earate: KAK PTI available from Kokyu alcohol. * 33 Polooxyethylene stearyl ether: Brij-721 available from ICI. * 34 Polyoxyethylene Glycol: WSR N-10 available from Amerchol. * 35 Stearamidopropyl dimethylamine: Amidoamine MPS available from Nikko. * 36 Stearilic Alcohol: Konol series available from Shiniton Rika. * 37 Trimethylolpropane Triisoes tearate: KAK TTI available from Kokyu alcohol. * 38 Trimethylolpropane Trioleate: Enujerubu TP3S0 available from Shinihon.

Method of Preparation The compositions of Examples 1 to 10 as shown in the above can be prepared by any conventional method well known in the art. Appropriate methods are described in the following. The shampoo compositions of Examples 1 to 6 can be suitably prepared as follows: the polymer and the surfactants are dispersed in water to form a homogeneous mixture. To this mixture are added the other ingredients except for the silicone emulsion (if present), perfume and salt; The obtained mixture is stirred. If present, the silicone emulsion is made with Dimethicone, a small amount of detersive surfactant, and a portion of water. The mixture obtained is then passed through a heat exchanger to cool, and the silicone emulsion, perfume and salt are added. The obtained compositions are emptied into bottles to make the hair care compositions. Alternatively, water and surfactants and any other solids that need to be mixed together at elevated temperature, for example, above 70 ° C, to accelerate mixing in the shampoo. Additional ingredients can be added to this hot premix or after cooling the premix. The ingredients are mixed thoroughly at elevated temperature and then pumped into a high shear mill and then through a heat exchanger to cool them to room temperature. If present in the composition, the silicone emulsified at room temperature in the concentrated surfactant is added to the cooled mixture.

The hair conditioner sprays, lotions and conditioners of Examples 7 to 10 are suitably made as follows: If included in the formula, the polymeric materials are dispersed in water at room temperature. If required, polymeric materials such as Carbomer and Acrylates / Steareth-20 Copolymer Methacrylate can be neutralized after dispersing. The mixture is then heated to above about 60 ° C and the fatty alcohols and emulsifiers are added if they are included in the formulation. After cooling below 50 ° C, the remaining components are added with stirring, then cooled to about 30 ° C. Ethanol is added at this time if it is included in the formula. A trimezclador and a mill can be used if necessary to disperse the materials. As appropriate, the mixture thus obtained can be packed in an aerosol can with propellant. Examples 1 to 10 have many advantages.

For example; They can be used daily and provide color alteration, brilliance and UV protection to the hair. It should be understood that the examples and embodiments described herein are for illustrative purposes only and that various modifications or changes in light thereof will be suggested by one skilled in the art without departing from their spirit and scope.

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1. CLAIMS 1. A hair care composition comprising: (a) an effective amount of an optical brightener having a molar extinction coefficient of at least about 28,000 of an absorption peak between a wavelength of about 1 and about 420nm; and (b) an active hair care agent selected from the group consisting of a detersive surfactant, a conditioning agent, a fixative polymer and mixtures thereof.
2. 2. The hair care composition according to claim 1 further comprising a carrier.
3. 3. The hair care composition according to the indication 1 wherein the optical brightener has a molar extinction coefficient of at least about 50,000.
4. 4. The hair care composition according to claim 1 wherein the absorption peak is between a wavelength of about 200 nm and about 420 nm.
5. 5. The hair care composition according to any one of claims 1 to 4 wherein the optical brightener is selected from the group consisting of polystyrylsilbenes, triazinestilbenes, hydroxycoumarins, aminocoumarins, triazoles, pyrazolines, oxazoles, pyrenes, porphyrins, imidazoles and mixtures thereof. same.
6. 6. A hair care composition comprising: (a) an effective amount of an optical brightener having a molar extinction coefficient of at least about 28,000 of an absorption peak between a wavelength of about 1 and about 420 nm; (b) a dispersion particle having an average particle size of at least about 0.03 μm; and (c) a carrier.
7. 7. The hair care composition according to claim 6, wherein the dispersion particle is selected from the group consisting of silicones, oils, antimicrobial agents, antimicrobial agents. crystalline suspension, metal oxides and mixtures thereof.
8. 8. The hair care composition according to claim 6 wherein the optical brightener has a molar extinction coefficient of at least about 50,000.
9. 9. The hair care composition according to claim 6, wherein the absorption peak is between a wavelength of about 200 nm and about 420 nm.
10. 10. The composition for hair care according to any of the indications 6 to 9 in. wherein the optical brightener is selected from the group consisting of polystyrylsilbenes, triazinestybenes, hydroxycoumarins, aminocoumarins, triazoles, pyrazolines, oxazoles, pyrenes, porphyrins, imidazoles and mixtures thereof.
11. 11. The hair care composition according to claim 1 wherein the dispersion particle has an average particle size from about 0.03μm to about 50μm.
12. 12. The hair care composition according to claim 11 wherein the dispersion particle has an average particle size from about 0.lμm to about 50μm.
13. 13. The hair care composition according to claim 10 which comprises by weight from about 0.001% to about 20% of the optical brightener.
14. 14. The hair care composition according to claim 10 which comprises by weight from about 0.01% to about 20% of the optical brightener.
15. 15. The hair care composition according to claim 10 further comprising a hair care active selected from the group consisting of a detersive surfactant, a conditioning agent, a fixative polymer and mixtures thereof.
16. 16. A method to protect the hair from UV light by applying an optical brightener to the hair.
17. 17. The method for protecting the hair from UV light according to claim 16 wherein the optical brightener is selected from the group consisting of polystyrylsilbenes, triazinestilbenes, hydroxycoumarins, aminocoumarins, triazoles, pyrazolines, oxazoles, pyrenes, porphyrins, imidazoles and mixtures thereof .
18. 18. A method for protecting the hair from UV light by applying to the hair a composition comprising: (a) an effective amount of an optical brightener having a molar extinction coefficient of at least about 28,000 of an absorption peak between a length of wave of about 1 and about 420nm; and (b) an active hair care agent selected from the group consisting of a detersive surfactant, a conditioning agent, a fixative polymer, and mixtures thereof.
19. 19. A method for protecting the hair from UV light by applying to the hair a composition comprising: (a) an effective amount of an optical brightener having a molar extinction coefficient of at least about 28,000 of an absorption peak between a length of wave of about 1 and about 420nm; (b) a dispersion particle having an average particle size of at least about 0.03 μm; and (c) a carrier.